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That's not "meaningful", is merely necessary.
by eeZah7Ux 8y ago
That's not "meaningful", is merely necessary.
- yipbub 8y agoIs there some reason they're mutually exclusive? Eating is necessary, but it can be meaningful even if the food is simple. Working in order to build your life can also be meaningful.
- ehnto 8y agoWell, meaning has scale, and on the human scale, what OP describes is extremely meaningful. On the local scale, raising good kids can do good things for the community. On the county level, things get fuzzy. It's probably better that his family is well looked after and tax money goes to the state. Net positive? Probably. On a planetary scale? Universal Scale? Of course it doesn't matter, but what would be the point of caring about that except at length? We're not universal scale. I'm not a planet. I'm a human, and I care about other humans and the communities I'm part of.
- lcall 8y agoUpvoted. And on the bigger scales, I have detailed views on what matters and why (because of a belief in God, with a long list of reasons for it all :) I wrote or linked to a bit of it here but there is more if interested: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854618453.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854618453.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854618449.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854618449.html