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At least that is the impression I got from reading this.
We need a society where every person is needed and wanted. We need it more than any dumb technical advance that lessens the need for people, like robots delivering pizza or whatever. That will take some heavy thinking, though, and I feel that we haven't even started.
We need a society where every person is needed and wanted. We need it more than any dumb technical advance that lessens the need for people, like robots delivering pizza or whatever. That will take some heavy thinking, though, and I feel that we haven't even started.
To me, the saddest thing about George was that he seems to have merely existed, while he was alive. From the article, he didn't seem to have any passions or ambitions. He didn't seem to want to go and see things, experience things, do things. He died in the same apartment, he was born in. He didn't really live, he just was, completely passive, until he wasn't. At least that is the impression I got from reading this.
I'm sorry but this is garbage in my view. We need to use the time we have in order to do the things that are important to us , not to enrich "others" whoever they may be. This obsession about society and socializing and following norms and "fitting in" is one of the things that are seriously fucked up in the western world. We need more people who have gone sideways , more recluses, more geniuses, more people who do n…
The idea that society will out live us as individuals is a fact, however. That does not need to bother you, and if it doesn't, I can disagree but I can do nothing to stop you from enjoying yourself.
Mr. George, at least in some capacity, enjoyed the company of others. He was not a complete introvert then, so he might not have had your extreme aversion to people. Moreover, his death was clearly felt in some people, so unless we are only allowed to consider his feelings, his aversion to others had negative effects on at least one or two other people.
I'm sorry but this is garbage in my view. We need to use the time we have in order to do the things that are important to us , not to enrich "others" whoever they may be. This obsession about society and socializing and following norms and "fitting in" is one of the things that are seriously fucked up in the western world. We need more people who have gone sideways , more recluses, more geniuses, more people who do n…
The concepts of "meaning" and "meaningful" come from the human mind, it's subjective. Anything can be 'meaningful' to someone and not to someone else.
The point is not to make other people sad when you're gone, the point is to make other people (and yourself) happier while you're alive.
I'm sorry but this is garbage in my view. We need to use the time we have in order to do the things that are important to us , not to enrich "others" whoever they may be. This obsession about society and socializing and following norms and "fitting in" is one of the things that are seriously fucked up in the western world. We need more people who have gone sideways , more recluses, more geniuses, more people who do n…
There is literally nothing objectively "meaningful" to do that we know of. At all. Anywhere. Ever. The concepts of "meaning" and "meaningful" come from the human mind, it's subjective. Anything can be 'meaningful' to someone and not to someone else. The point is not to make other people sad when you're gone, the point is to make other people (and yourself) happier while you're alive.
We need a society where every person is needed and wanted. We need it more than any dumb technical advance that lessens the need for people, like robots delivering pizza or whatever. That will take some heavy thinking, though, and I feel that we haven't even started.
What would be the implications of such a society? Just because someone is needed and wanted does not neccesarily mean that they feel fulfilled. These "dumb" technical advances do alleviate the need for people. However, they do so with tasks or jobs that are often repetitive and mindless. Sure, more complex occupations don't ensure fulfillment, but they engage the mind in a way that it's arguably easier to find fulfil…
We need a society where every person is needed and wanted. We need it more than any dumb technical advance that lessens the need for people, like robots delivering pizza or whatever. That will take some heavy thinking, though, and I feel that we haven't even started.
> We need a society where every person is needed and wanted. I'd rather live in a society where every person was self-sufficiently mirthful, with people-interaction being little more than the cherry on top of sundae. This is what individualism was originally meant to be, but people continue to undermine the power of instinctual passions (acknowledging something is the first step to eradicating it).