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"The following is an excerpt from Edward O. Wilsons's The Meaning of Human Existence, which publishes today, and has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. If anyone is qualified to approach such a lofty-sounding topic, it's Wilson, whose writing on the intersections of biology and the humanities have earned him two Pulitzer Prizes. An environmentalist, sociobiologist and novelist, Wilson imbues his understanding of the natural world with his secular humanist viewpoints. In the below essay, he addresses why reading -- and fiction in particular -- are as valuable as technological advancements..."
