Bedeutung

I think that as more people are liberated from the struggle for survival, you're going to have more people who have the luxury of seeking meaning, seeking a sense of purpose, a sense of transcendence.
Look at the work of the Nobel-prize economist Robert William Fogel, talking about "the fourth great awakening." He talks about how the quest for self-realization has expanded from a tight fraction of the planet to much more of it, especially in the developed world. Others call it "meaning-want" — parts of the planet have gone from "material-want" to "meaning-want."
Ronald Inglehart of the University of Michigan calls it a move from materialist values to post-materialist values. I think there's a certain luxury that comes from being materially well off that liberates people to seek something more. Daniel Pink danpink.com (*1964) US American bestselling author, motivational speaker, chief speechwriter of Vice President Al Gore (1995-1997), The Changing Workplace, Interview, eJournal USA, February 2006