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Yeah, we don't disagree. Like I said, there's an "in-between". Always "living in the moment" can be bad, depending on what you want out of life. Always "living

by bhupy 5y ago

Yeah, we don't disagree. Like I said, there's an "in-between". Always "living in the moment" can be bad, depending on what you want out of life. Always "living in the future" can also be bad, depending on what you want out of life. Ultimately, they both depend on the same thing: what you want out of life. The key is for everyone to define that goal for themselves; an exercise which is possibly the single hardest part of the human condition.

meheleventyone 5y ago
The weird thing at least for me in reading that is I very rarely worry or even think as abstractly as what I want from life. My own take is that question comes very much from the living in the future side of things.
- bhupy 5y ago
  "No answer" can be a perfectly acceptable answer to "what do I want out of life?" It can be a great way to live a life, and once you've decided that that's your answer, you'd obviously spend more of your mental capacity in the "living in the moment" side of the spectrum. That being said, it's an answer that has the possibility (though not a guarantee) of having very real negative consequences to one's future well-being. Individuals that choose to go that route should be responsible for those consequences, if any.
  - meheleventyone 5y ago
    Not thinking about it isn’t the same as deciding that there isn’t an answer. Nor does it preclude planning. It’s just not something that bothers me or seems important. I have more interesting existential thoughts when I think about the enormity of the universe. I also don’t see why you think there is risk in it. After all you can have a long term plan to do extremely dangerous things to self actualise. Both routes (a false dichotomy in itself) in fact have a possibility of having very real negative consequences even if your plans are dull.

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Yeah, we don't disagree. Like I said, there's an "in-between". Always "living in the moment" can be bad, depending on what you want out of life. Always "living

by bhupy 5y ago

meheleventyone 5y ago
The weird thing at least for me in reading that is I very rarely worry or even think as abstractly as what I want from life. My own take is that question comes very much from the living in the future side of things.
- bhupy 5y ago
  "No answer" can be a perfectly acceptable answer to "what do I want out of life?" It can be a great way to live a life, and once you've decided that that's your answer, you'd obviously spend more of your mental capacity in the "living in the moment" side of the spectrum. That being said, it's an answer that has the possibility (though not a guarantee) of having very real negative consequences to one's future well-being. Individuals that choose to go that route should be responsible for those consequences, if any.
  - meheleventyone 5y ago
    Not thinking about it isn’t the same as deciding that there isn’t an answer. Nor does it preclude planning. It’s just not something that bothers me or seems important. I have more interesting existential thoughts when I think about the enormity of the universe. I also don’t see why you think there is risk in it. After all you can have a long term plan to do extremely dangerous things to self actualise. Both routes (a false dichotomy in itself) in fact have a possibility of having very real negative consequences even if your plans are dull.