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Because the alternative is an existential crisis.
by b0afc375b5 4y ago
Because the alternative is an existential crisis.
- giantg2 4y agoWhy is that? Is it that we are conditioned to want a purpose, just as we are conditioned by society to want a bigger house, or a fancy wedding, etc?
- annyeonghada 4y agoI wish I lived in the same society as you where people condition themselves and other to find purpose. On the contrary it seems to me that most people live a completely unexamined life, and don't concern themselves with meaning, purpose, truth, morality or whatever. On the contrary, some people, a small minority, are bugged by these existential questions: nobody conditioned me, the ridiculed me for "thinking too much". Not everything is "social conditioning": some people through a mixture of genetics and experiences are just born this way. I wish I weren't.