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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 sail

by 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....

by GuiA 11y ago

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....