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You write that? Nice. Yeah everything is for survival, construction of ego and neuroticism. Depression too.

• Borrible 5y ago
  No, not everything is for survival. There is no teleology. Some things survive, others not. Some things stay for a long time, some barely blink in existence before they're gone. The ego construct did survive so far for a few million years, depending on which organisms you concede the development of an ego before humanity. Neuroticism is a pointed variant of the ego. It may or may not survive in greater numbers for the next 50 years. For now it is a profitable market. Depression is another variant of consciousness, based on a variant brain metabolism. Often associated with a shorter life expectancy and, since it can be lethal in younger years, probably at disadvantage to procreate. Which probably was not the case in times humans procreated at a much younger age than today and had less time to indulge in its quirks. On the other side, if you survive depression, it may give you a much deeper insight in the human condition. Which for sure is nothing for faint-hearted happy fools. ... Oh, just in case some HN kitchen psychology rears its head. I'm not depressed, I'm just outright evil.