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my sister is going through some meaning crisis, doesn’t know where she’s headed in life, says she lacks purpose in life, etc. Trying to think of books, articles, etc., that could get her through this. Any ideas?
Cc @QiaochuYuan @visakanv @FioraAeterna
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Replying to @the_aiju @QiaochuYuan and
For me http://meaningness.com helped me quite a bit. Strongly influenced my ideas on meaning and purpose
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Replying to @AbstractFairy @the_aiju and
i like meaningness a lot but it's a hard read if you aren't ready for it and it doesn't exactly *answer* the question "what do i do with my life"
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @AbstractFairy and
we apologize for the inconvenience :( Btw there’s some new stuff on purpose up on the site which I haven’t publicized because it’s from the 2007 draft, but maybe better than nothing. Explaining the complete stance for purpose is high on my priority list atm fwiw
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Replying to @Meaningness @AbstractFairy and
excited to hear it! to be clear i *love* the existing content on purposehttps://meaningness.com/an-appetizer-purpose …
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan @Meaningness and
I’m bewildered by all these claims that materialism doesn’t work. It seems to work fine?
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @QiaochuYuan and
depends what you mean by "works". does it work pretty well for maximizing misery? yes
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Replying to @FioraAeterna @QiaochuYuan and
huh? if having a nice personal life makes you miserable you’re doing it wrong
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @QiaochuYuan and
you have conflated "a nice personal life" and "having lots of money and things". a common mistake under late capitalism, yes
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Replying to @FioraAeterna @QiaochuYuan and
No I haven’t. The post defines materialism as seeking “survival, health, sex, romance, fame, power, enjoyable experiences, children, beautiful things.” You can have all of those without even living in a society that uses money.
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The problem with “materialism” in this sense is what it excludes, not what it includes. This quote is where it goes wrong: “You might as well drop the hypocritical pretense of “higher” purposes and go for what you really want.”
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Replying to @Meaningness @FioraAeterna and
“You think you have a higher purpose but really nobody does” sounds like a flawed theory, yes, but so is “you think you have no higher purpose but really you do”
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @FioraAeterna and
So, part of the point is that this distinction between mundane and higher purposes doesn’t work well, and it’s mostly better to drop it.
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