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The idea that people could manufacture meaning for others was something that I hadn't really thought about until some years ago, when I first read this essay.
by strken 2y ago
The idea that people could manufacture meaning for others was something that I hadn't really thought about until some years ago, when I first read this essay.
I think the rest of it is bullshit, but that core piece has stuck with me. I try to create meaning and connection for family and friends when I see them.
- rompic 2y agoJust because this stuck with me: Viktor Frankl once wrote that meaning in life is not a Rorschach test (i.e. has to be made up) but rather a puzzle picture ("Vexierbild", is already there and has to be found). I don't think this contradicts what you wrote, though.
- obsequiosity 2y agoNot the OP but I agree with you. Synergy, as cheesy as it sounds, is a happy way to look at meaning making. The dance between friends, colleagues, families that keeps us all happy and together... I found this essay to be supremely logical and insightful but also pessimistic from a unitary point of view. My days now consist of finding happy people who are doing things I also think are cool. Like, pappy the Japanese pianist on TikTok. God she's so infectiously joyful. Yes it's a plug for her. Heh. Meaning making