Harari is simply asserting that Whig History is tire and is powered by Nihilism, without trying to make it plausible that this could be the case. This appeals to nihilists and Whigs, which more or less corresponds to appealing to complacency with the appearance of power.https://twitter.com/jim_rutt/status/1211299043713933312 …
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Nihilism seems to be a kind of suffering, caused by the fundamental absence of a way to realize one's meaning, and the inability to stop caring. It usually happens when you prove that God does not exist, but don't give up your need for God's existence.
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When I say that I am a nihilist I mean that I reject any universalist claims about values or meaning. My view is that it is up to each grouping of humans to select their values and meaning to live by. Values systems that work are constrained by reality, including human nature.
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When you make a left turn like that (aesthetics/values may be convergent ↺ drop all your values to reach Nirvana), I'm never sure whether you're being deeply sarcastic/ironic (about e.g. the desirability of Nirvana) or sincerely holding an ambivalent or neutral stance
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The latter. It is true that you reach nirvana if you stop identifying with all dimensions of caring. And building sustainable interpersonal ethics beyond transactionality requires an aesthetical commitment to shared purposes.
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