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None of this matters. In the end, you die and nobody will remember shit about you. Or about anyone else. Because the world also will die.
by bambax 6y ago
None of this matters. In the end, you die and nobody will remember shit about you. Or about anyone else. Because the world also will die.
- throwaway98797 6y agoTrue. But might as well feel as good as practical, while you can. These don’t appear to hurt that. If anything they lead to more enjoyment of the limited time we have.
- Smaug123 6y agoThe advice is more aimed at people who think that human life has some kind of intrinsic value, I think. (Certainly that's one of the common LessWrong-o-sphere beliefs.)
- Solvitieg 6y agoThis might be relevant to you: > 56. Sometimes unsolvable questions like “what is my purpose?” and “why should I exist?” lose their force upon lifestyle fixes. In other words, seeing friends regularly and getting enough sleep can go a long way to solving existentialism.
- jodrellblank 6y ago> "None of this matters. In the end, you die" People are born curious, and prefer pleasurable experiences to suffering. That's all it takes for something to matter, and it matters in the time before the end. People are what make things matter, maybe that's why the universe created some.