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Yes, I am doing that and it's a shitty way to see things, because it makes me sad and angry and everything is gloomy. Probably a phase I'm going through right n

Yes, I am doing that and it's a shitty way to see things, because it makes me sad and angry and everything is gloomy. Probably a phase I'm going through right now - my bullshit-filtering glasses are broken. I go through this phase after a startup or project that I've been working on is over. Without a project to focus on, I see the world as it is - a sharade of people bullshitting each other and hiding from who they are. I need a new project :).

thaumaturgy 11y ago
> I see the world as it is That is no more as it is than anyone else's way of seeing the world. You're simply seeing the world through the lens of your own discontent.
gh02t 11y ago
You might like to read the transcription of Sartre's lecture "Existentialism is a Humanism." It's available online at https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exis... . He wrote a lot on how to reconcile living in a world that he believed was devoid of inherent meaning and the sense of despair that this causes most people.
nosuchthing 11y ago
All too often I see children playing on the playground, and I always do my best as an adult to inform the children of their pointless immature meandering. /s
GuiA 11y ago
Sometimes we get so caught up in our little computers and programming languages and internet that we forget that there's a much bigger world out there. Go sailing. Learn how to carve wood. Make out with another human on a beach. Go take pictures in a foreign country. Learn how to play an instrument. Grow some vegetables. Volunteer in your local community. Go to a bookstore/library, pick a completely random fiction book, and force yourself to read it from cover to cover. It gets better.
- sebkomianos 11y ago
  The problem isn't that the world is small, it is that it looks pointless. (I am experiencing a somewhat similar "phase" with codeshaman)
  - GuiA 11y ago
    Self fulfilling prophecy. If all you do all day is sit at home and think about how the world is pointless, it'll look pointless. If you engage it (for ideas, see my previous post), it will quickly appear less so. You gotta eat your vegetables.
    - sebkomianos 11y ago
      To me, it's like a dog chasing its tail (or, rather, I am like one!): In order to engage and find meaning I need to find meaning so I get inspired to engage. Do I just jump out of this cycle of thinking and pretend I find meaning in something so I can escape? (Damn, I sound so lost! :D) P.S: Your comment on the Tinder topic a couple of days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10019527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10019527) was spot on, you really nailed it. Thanks for sharing all these thoughts.
      - noahlt 11y ago
        "Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true." —Steinbeck (East of Eden)
    - codeshaman 11y ago
      Thank you for your thoughts, they are helping. You are right again, it's a self fulfilling prophecy - the more you dwell on it, the more pointless the whole thing becomes. But as sebkomianos said, it's like a vicious circle: In order to engage and find meaning I need to find meaning so I get inspired to engage. The solution is, I guess, to pretend for a while and just do something and then it will start making sense again. I'm doing that, trying to produce sparks to ignite the fire, I'm almost there....

thaumaturgy 11y ago

> I see the world as it is That is no more as it is than anyone else's way of seeing the world. You're simply seeing the world through the lens of your own discontent.

gh02t 11y ago

You might like to read the transcription of Sartre's lecture "Existentialism is a Humanism." It's available online at https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exis... . He wrote a lot on how to reconcile living in a world that he believed was devoid of inherent meaning and the sense of despair that this causes most people.

nosuchthing 11y ago

All too often I see children playing on the playground, and I always do my best as an adult to inform the children of their pointless immature meandering. /s

GuiA 11y ago

Sometimes we get so caught up in our little computers and programming languages and internet that we forget that there's a much bigger world out there. Go sailing. Learn how to carve wood. Make out with another human on a beach. Go take pictures in a foreign country. Learn how to play an instrument. Grow some vegetables. Volunteer in your local community. Go to a bookstore/library, pick a completely random fiction book, and force yourself to read it from cover to cover. It gets better.

sebkomianos 11y ago
The problem isn't that the world is small, it is that it looks pointless. (I am experiencing a somewhat similar "phase" with codeshaman)
- GuiA 11y ago
  Self fulfilling prophecy. If all you do all day is sit at home and think about how the world is pointless, it'll look pointless. If you engage it (for ideas, see my previous post), it will quickly appear less so. You gotta eat your vegetables.
  - sebkomianos 11y ago
    To me, it's like a dog chasing its tail (or, rather, I am like one!): In order to engage and find meaning I need to find meaning so I get inspired to engage. Do I just jump out of this cycle of thinking and pretend I find meaning in something so I can escape? (Damn, I sound so lost! :D) P.S: Your comment on the Tinder topic a couple of days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10019527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10019527) was spot on, you really nailed it. Thanks for sharing all these thoughts.
    - noahlt 11y ago
      "Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true." —Steinbeck (East of Eden)
  - codeshaman 11y ago
    Thank you for your thoughts, they are helping. You are right again, it's a self fulfilling prophecy - the more you dwell on it, the more pointless the whole thing becomes. But as sebkomianos said, it's like a vicious circle: In order to engage and find meaning I need to find meaning so I get inspired to engage. The solution is, I guess, to pretend for a while and just do something and then it will start making sense again. I'm doing that, trying to produce sparks to ignite the fire, I'm almost there....