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Smart people understand that the experience of being a conscious being aware of its own suffering and mortality, is fundamentally tragic.
by squidsoup 11mo ago
Smart people understand that the experience of being a conscious being aware of its own suffering and mortality, is fundamentally tragic.
- veidelis 11mo agoYes, that's an OK take, no big deal. Also it can be added that life in itself really doesn't have a choice, on some level it just happens (thinking more about chemistry here).
- chermi 11mo agoSmarter people don't give a shit and try to live a fulfilling life anyway.
- squidsoup 11mo agoNot mutually exclusive, if anything, coming to terms with that is liberating (see Camus etc).