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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 May 2019
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    Inconvenient wisdom gained on Twitter today Meaning in life is created by unnecessarily detailed preferences and unnecessarily specific ways of caring. IOW living less conveniently, more energy, than necessary. Living tastefully = cargo cult version of this. You guys suck 🤬

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 May 2019
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        Life is not a satisficing problem. This may be the fatal flaw in economic theorizing. Markets can only deliver satisficing conveniences. Inconvenience is priceless. The underspecified life is not worth living. Overspecification is the spice of life.

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      2. Dorian Taylor‏ @doriantaylor 28 May 2019
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        art is more than what is strictly necessary

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 May 2019
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        For the artist though, rarely the consumer of art, hence my comment on taste being the cargo cult version Wanting to get the Mac just so = meaning making Choosing Mac over PC, not so much

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      1. James Baker‏ @jambarree 28 May 2019
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        You didn't expect attachment (caring/meaning) to be connected to suffering?

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      1. Curious Jon‏ @jmbroad 28 May 2019
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        Buddhism and psychoanalysis (specifically meditation and the “talking cure” part of analysis) have always gotten this part right. Meaning is just understanding error. It thwarts all aesthetics.

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      2. Chris Waterguy  🌐‏ @chriswaterguy 29 May 2019
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        "Meaning in life is created by unnecessarily detailed preferences and unnecessarily specific ways of caring." Maybe one of the ways that I'm weird is that this isn't true of me. Or maybe I don't understand what you're saying.

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      3. Maynard Handley‏ @handleym99 29 May 2019
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        It’s not true of everyone (including me). But MOST people find meaning in ritual and repetition. Hence the insistence that Christmas be done a certain way. And the unhappiness of most of the population in the face of waning and changing traditions...

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      1. Danny Iskandar‏ @diskandartweet 29 May 2019
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        No You SUck :)

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      1. Mr. Eli W. Jones‏ @mreliwjones 29 May 2019
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        Just cozy up to people who over specify in a way that you appreciate. Though, you still gotta find a way to convince them to keep you around.

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      1. Maynard Handley‏ @handleym99 29 May 2019
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        There’s probably a connection there to the hyper-precise way in which rituals (most obviously religious, but think all Flag Code) are specified, likewise religious architecture like Temple details in Old Testament.

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