Heyo. Positive nihilism / humanistic nihilism, go.
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So, there is no inherent meaning in anything. A materialistic universe is made of quarks or strings or whatever, and there's no meaning.
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This is great news! Along the lines of "God is dead, and you are all absolutely free!"
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We, as humans are meaning-making machines. Meaning is part of our minds, not the world. So go out, and make your own meaning!
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@ContentOfMedia FWIW, historically this counts as existentialism, not nihilism. And, was found not to work, for understood reasons.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Meaningness Huh. Existentialism seems more bleak than what I'm fumbling to point towards. Existentialism with glitter, maybe.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia It seems like it should be liberatory and optimistic and exciting, yes. Maybe they got it wrong in 20th century.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@ContentOfMedia But, it seems that there’s an inexorable internal logic that drives you into bad places if you take that route.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia I need to think that through more clearly than I have. The best version I know of is Camus’ late work The Rebel.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@ContentOfMedia But that was written just as existentialism collapsed—or maybe was what pushed it off the edge—so he lacked perspective.
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