It seems also that meaning is derived from knowledge. I know, in my own life I acquire more meaning through the knowledge of others. If they can give more my meaning to my life, it must be that they have meaning in their lives. It does not seem to stand that I acquire more meaning from those who have less meaning.

I would think a lack of meaning comes through ignorance. An ignorant life is a meaningless life. If the ignorant have meaningless lives, they seem to give no indication that they mind it (Remember. I ride the city buses). I am sure most ignorant people are of the opinion that they do lead meaningful lives, but opinion is not knowledge. These are the people that are willfully ignorant through laziness. Nonetheless, there is an ignorance with which we are all afflicted. Intelligent people try to overcome their ignorance through knowledge. No matter how much we know or strive to know, we remain ignorant to some degree. Because we cannot know some things, life can seem meaningless at times. In this sense we do not seem to have any advantage over the willfully ignorant, except that we do mind our ignorance while they do not mind theirs.

If anything is going to lead to more meaning it is knowledge. We know absolutely that ignorance will never lead to any meaning. If we give up the pursuit to acquire knowledge then the only alternative is to willfully fall into ignorance, which is to go from bad to worse. Besides, I do not need another ignorant person on the bus.