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Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by hasbot »

tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

> So why fret about it?

Well, it's the only life I'll ever have. I'd to get the most out of it I can.

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by Macha »

constantly wrote: post #28
tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

We spent a lot of time finding historical data from across the world and building our family tree back a few hundred years. But records didn’t keep as well back then. Now everyone is posting everything everywhere all at once. Do you think there’s a greater chance someone 20 generations from now will be able to look at TikTok and Threads archives and understand and get to know their forebears from 1,000 years ago? I t…

I feel I'll outlive TikTok and Threads, and that paper in records offices will ultimately turn out to be the most durable of current record formats in 20 generations.

I have already outlived many of the websites where I posted information in my teens, and in recent days we've heard about even big sites like Twitter losing some historical data. Not to mention all the users of sites like Orkut, Google+, Friendfeed, Bebo, that one where you checked in your location that I can't even remember the name of...

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by francisofascii »

hasbot wrote: post #29

A big one for me is exiting one city and entering another (i.e. moving) especially when the new city is in another state. I've switched cities 7 times in the last 9 years and 6 states.

Wow. Do you enjoy the adventure, move for the job, or some other reason?

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by goodbyesf »

tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

> And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim.

You won't be remembered. The image of you is remembered. Not even that. It would be a photograph of a photograph of photograph of an image. We don't remember julius caesar or george washington. We remember the image of them. They themselves ( who they are or were ) doesn't matter. Just like we remember the image of Jesus Christ, even though the guy might not have even existed. Besides, eventually, there won't be anyone left to remember the image of you. So what's it all about?

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Post by paulddraper »

tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

That's thoroughly nihilistic :)

I am curious about this line of thinking..."being remembered"

Even if you are remembered in 100 years... So what? Should be a consideration? Vanity?

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by eep_social »

Macha wrote: post #32
constantly wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We spent a lot of time finding historical data from across the world and building our family tree back a few hundred years. But records didn’t keep as well back then. Now everyone is posting everything everywhere all at once. Do you think there’s a greater chance someone 20 generations from now will be able to look at TikTok and Threads archives and understand and get to know their forebears from 1,000 years ago? I t…

I feel I'll outlive TikTok and Threads, and that paper in records offices will ultimately turn out to be the most durable of current record formats in 20 generations. I have already outlived many of the websites where I posted information in my teens, and in recent days we've heard about even big sites like Twitter losing some historical data. Not to mention all the users of sites like Orkut, Google+, Friendfeed, Beb…

Four Square, got bought by twitter and I kinda hope they lost all my checkin data at this point.

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by SoftTalker »

tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

Yep, even famous people in their time are quickly forgotten. How often does anyone under age 60 think about JFK? In another 50 years he’ll be a name among many in a history class, which is more than most people get but that will be the extent of it.

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by 8jef »

WalterBright wrote: post #18
tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

We're all going to fall into a black hole anyway.

The death of a living entity is a black hole in itself: matter just get rearranged. Assuming black holes are just galactic sized blenders that leak matter out, eventually.

Re: Life Has Several Exits

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Post by Retric »

paulddraper wrote: post #35
tomohelix wrote: post #6

I see it in another way, a bit nihilistic though. Sure, there are plenty of exits. But we will all have to make the final exit at some point. Either now or 10 years or 50 years. We will all have to go. And statistically, the chance that you would be someone who is remembered 100 years from now is kind of slim. And 100 years is, in the grand scheme of things, a blink of an eye. Even 1000 years would be inconsequential…

That's thoroughly nihilistic :) I am curious about this line of thinking..."being remembered" Even if you are remembered in 100 years... So what? Should be a consideration? Vanity?

I think it stems from the same reason people care about what others think of them. That has some benefits, but people care about it directly rather than the indirect benefits it brings themselves.

Because if you care about what people think of you, why could that change just because you’re dead?

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