A recent poll of college freshmen found that more than 70 percent put a significantly higher value on making money than on developing a meaningful philosophy of life.

"Developing a meaningful philosophy of life" decreased the most, across generations, from 73% for Boomers to 45% for Millennials.

Even so, I share his view that the "baby boomers appear to retain much of their commitment to finding a meaningful philosophy of life."

Western art is floundering without any meaningful philosophy of aesthetic appreciation.

In 1970, 79 percent said their goal was developing a meaningful philosophy of life.

At the same time, the lowest proportion of freshmen in 20 years, only 39 percent, put great emphasis on developing a meaningful philosophy of life.

That year 83 percent thought that developing a meaningful philosophy of life was an essential or very important goal.

And why have college students given up hopes of finding a meaningful philosophy of life in favor of being financially well off?

Any meaningful philosophy, according to Nataraja Guru, must have some version of an absolute idea or value implicit in it.

The lowest percentage of them in 20 years feel that developing a meaningful philosophy of life is very important.