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David Chapman

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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 9
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    🆕 Why-should-anyone-care introductory page of the chapter that is at the heart of the Meaningness book.https://meaningness.com/complete-stance-appeal …

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      1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 9
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        ☠️ “You never actually get to the point” is a common & totally justified complaint about my writing. Heightened awareness of death provoked me to skip ahead, to finish the most important part of the book. I’ve published about half of the main-point chapter over the past month.

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      2. St. Rev  ☯️ 🏴 😻‏ @St_Rev May 9
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        This is very good!

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 9
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        Replying to @St_Rev

        Oh, good! It’s often hard to know, so I appreciate feedback.

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      2. Apostol‏ @iamapostol May 9
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        I wandered off into the “mission” page/stance which I seem to have been inhabiting for quite some time. “Looking in the mirror” provoked feelings of silly joyfulness and quite a bit of laughter.😄 Thank you for creating this.

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      3. Apostol‏ @iamapostol May 11
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        Reflection on Mission: I found it very resonating for describing ways that I've thought and acted, but I also found it a bit vague and unhelpful in how to resolve the stance. ~I just found a couple more pages about mission. Maybe make navigation more visible - up or left?

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      2. sonya! supposedly?‏ @sonyasupposedly May 9
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        For what it's worth, despite only reading bits and pieces of the whole work, Meaningness has helped me find greater tranquility. Thank you so much, David.

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 9
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        Thank you! It’s feedback like this that keeps me writing.

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      1. Malcolm  🌎cean‏ @Malcolm_Ocean May 10
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        I really dig this paragraph. There's a general heuristic I like, basically "if someone's trying to tell me something and it sounds naive, then trust my rejection of the naive thing, without rejecting the idea that there might also be something useful in what they're saying"pic.twitter.com/CRWAMbRcQP

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      1. Yan Zhang‏ @krzhang May 9
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        :) super helpful. Thanks!

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      2.  🕷BenjaminP.Taylor 🇪🇺‏ @antlerboy May 9
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         🕷BenjaminP.Taylor 🇪🇺 Retweeted  🕷BenjaminP.Taylor 🇪🇺

        This really helps. Thought I didn't 'need' the central thesis per se because I grokked it and didn't actually have to explain to others but (a) useful to be able to do so and (b) a while back I tweeted this and I realise now that is a big part of ithttps://twitter.com/antlerboy/status/1227133165745123328?s=20 …

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         🕷BenjaminP.Taylor 🇪🇺 @antlerboy
        while I'm hooked on insight porn, 'everything-you-know-is-wrong' porn is my kink
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      3.  🕷BenjaminP.Taylor 🇪🇺‏ @antlerboy May 9
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        (And probably plus a positive ironic attitude towards same)

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