I'm childfree so I'm on the leanFIRE track, pursuing my hobbies in my spare time. When I'm physically incapable of them or I run out of money (around 70), I plan to kill myself.
Ask HN: What's the Point of Life?
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#12Does it have to have a point? I'm still young (early 20s) so maybe there's something I'm missing, but I don't see why there has to be a reason for life.
It exists and as a result, so do you. Enjoy it, do what's right, and maybe we'll be lucky enough to be the first people for whom life doesn't end.
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#13Beauty, creativity, diversity, expanding beautiful things in the world, taking the time to absorb the magnitude of it all.
Also money and hard drugs /s
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#14There is no point.
It's up to you to decide what it is that matters to you but if you're looking for some universal direction then that will just lead to frustration.
If you're lucky and you have the resources then you're in a position to choose which I understand can feel overwhelming. I would just encourage you to consider the possibility that you've been given a gift and you should cherish it.
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#15"The point of life" implies that there is one.
If there is one, it can come from an external source or from our own subjective self.
The former is what traditional religions claim, and most settle on some form of "praising the Creator" as the point of life.
The latter is probably best captured by existentialism. I would recommend Camus.
If there is not one, then that is nihilism. I would recommend Nietzsche.
I think the choice is between God and Nietzsche. I picked God.
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#16I'm not certain you'll get a comforting resolution to this niggling question that we all probably have.
The rather uncomfortable truth is that there may not be a point. But this, in some ways, makes it strangely comforting also, because the "point" can be whatever you define it to be. That's the way I choose to look at it anyway!
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#17The point is what you decide to make its point. You have the free choice, within limits.
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#18To keep it going, i.e., have children.
yes, let's create even more people to suffer through life. what a selfish thought.
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#19Do what makes the best story. This often takes the form of an adventure.
Not fantastic adventure, a very boring one. But hopefully it has some of the qualities.
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