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 @s_r_constantin and
"materialism" is the idea that you need the most brilliant gemstones to be happy, whereas the reality is that "happiness" comes from learning to appreciate the rocks in the dirt, and if the rocks cannot make you happy, neither will the gemstones
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Replying to @FioraAeterna @s_r_constantin and
Wait I had totally assume
@s_r_constantin meant scientific materialism, not the other kind. Guess I misunderstood.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Replying to @Meaningness @diviacaroline and
Her successor, S. J. A. Germanotta, seems to have moved pretty decisively to the side of mission:pic.twitter.com/MEIOWAWOjE
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Lol! Out of context, that could be an encouragement to eat one’s shadow, which I endorse:https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/absorb-your-shadow …
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