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Camus has been a guiding light for me through my youth and I still draw from him today. The human absurdity is very real in the modern condition. The challenge

Camus has been a guiding light for me through my youth and I still draw from him today. The human absurdity is very real in the modern condition. The challenges we face are so much more profound these days. With Nuclear armament, AI and climate change, We are literally dealing with topics that frame the end of humanity, but we can't face it. In the rebel, Camus teaches us that rebellion is probably a futile task. Governments won't save us, so why riot? Acceptance of absurdity gives us true freedom to create. Acceptance of systems stifles our ability to solve problems. Technology as a movement is heartening, as long as we continue to break it, reinvent it, hack it - in order to rescue ourselves. Thanks for sharing this, made my day.

coldtea 9y ago
>Governments won't save us, so why riot? Because it's not about be-all end-all solutions to everything ("saving us") but claiming things we want to happen? Like, e.g. stopping segregation? (Just to use a recent-ish example of effective protesting mostly would agree with its result)
StevePerkins 9y ago
> Governments won't save us, so why riot? Because everything you're talking about, and all of the ideas in the posted article, basically deal with the top-most peak of Maslow's hierarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs There's still 90% of that iceberg beneath this surface, however. In other words, human systems and institutions may be powerless to help you reach self-actualization, "save us", solve everything, make humanity endure forever, etc. However, you must be living a VERY comfortable life, free from hunger, health, and personal safety concerns, to wonder why humans bother to riot in some cases.