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Nothing we do matters, cosmically speaking. However, each of us is at the center of our own universe, and from that context, a variety of things are important
by bovermyer 3y ago
Nothing we do matters, cosmically speaking.
However, each of us is at the center of our own universe, and from that context, a variety of things are important or unimportant. From the context of self, we derive importance.
That universe exists only as long as the self exists. In that context, what you deem important is important. What you deem unimportant is unimportant. And those states shift over time.
I'm not well read in philosophy. I imagine what I've written above is probably a pretty commonplace observation, so I'm sure someone has written more on the subject.
- baal80spam 3y ago> Nothing we do matters, cosmically speaking. This is true of course, however I can't imagine living thinking that and not getting depressed/insane.
- bovermyer 3y agoThat's nihilism for you. I don't understand it, but that doesn't stop me from trying to.
- tommiegannert 3y agoNihilism is a bit of a hole that is hard to dig out of, because you've, by definition, had all the rungs of the ladder back to society fall apart. Combine that with the Backwards law of Alan Watts [1], and you're left wondering if you even should try to dig yourself out, isn't that just making things worse? [1] The backwards law suggests that if you are pursuing happiness, it makes you unhappy. If you just relax, happiness is more likely to come.