Dr. Stephen Meyer

I was, maybe like you guys, really into sports as a teenager.

And I broke my leg in a skiing accident.

And I also, I think I was somewhat neurotic, probably not too stable mentally.

My mind was always spinning.

And during this period in which I was sort of confined to a full leg cast, my mind was just spinning out of control with all these questions.

questions that were, I didn't know to label them as such at the time, but they were kind of existential or philosophical.

I had this question about, well, what's going to matter in 100 years?

And part of this started because my dad gave me a book about the history of baseball while I was convalescing.

And I was reading about all the stories of the greats.

I wanted at that stage, I was 14, I was really into baseball and basketball.

And the thing I wanted more than anything was to play shortstop for the

But all the stories of the sports heroes ended the same way.

They get scouted.

They'd come up to the majors.

They'd have this amazing career.

They'd amass records, maybe home run records or ERA, or they'd win World Series.

And then they'd retire at 36, 38.

Maybe they'd play on to 40.

And then they'd live out the rest of their lives enjoying the celebrity of having been a great athlete.

But then what?