@EBRyan-ri4tt
I cant believe some jerk invented the telescope and discovered the immense expanse and depth of the universe 400 years ago and made me depressed today
@FIRXFLY
I'm an optimistic nihilist. Our existence is so meaningless that we can put our own meaning to it. Like a blank page where you can draw whatever you want. This was a great video, learnt quite a bit
@diovannicastro5153
“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, it’s a reality to experience.” - Frank Herbert
@themiserychick9219
Wisdom is our worst curse, but it also what makes us alive. Curiosity and searching for answers to our big questions is what giving us reason to live another day, so I think we should keep asking what is the meaning of everything and never be satisfied with any answer
@crazycryo5856
I think looking for a deeper meaning is a way for humans to cope with the cruelness of an indifferent universe
@marvins_marvelousmiraclemuse82
I wish I could have conversations like this with someone. This stuff really interests me and gets me thinking.
@avery4149
I used to have a mentor, and he always said: “Anything you do could get yourself killed, including nothing. So just do more things in life, so you will die knowing you did a lot of things to mix out the mundane things that bores the shit out of you.”
@InferiorPhilly
I cannot separate meaning in life from art and passion. In a large scale we may be insignificant, but to create significance in other people's lives through art is truly a reason to live, if only to give others a reason to live.
@goopysubject
I like recognizing the absurdity of my existence. I love taking really stupid things about being a human very very seriously ironically. It also helped with my anxiety realising that yeah, it doesn't matter, but also isn't it funny how I feel so compelled to idk take a shower before studying just for the clean girl vibes. If it was rational it would lose its fun potential. Take having a pet for example. Realizing that I live with another species, one that I can't understand at all, but can only strive to make the happiest just because it's cute is so absurd. But also, ants building a whole complex ass structure and following social norms just because that's how they are is just as absurd. I love realising how much of a reasonless animal we are, no matter how much we try to make it make sense. That's our very nature. We're cute.
@suzuplaza
This reminded me about my favorite quote by Marcus Aurelius: "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them."
@siriy7147
I think it's important to acknowledge how absurd life is FOR EVERYONE. Idk, knowing I'm not the only one that thinks their life is somewhat pointless makes me feel better, and when you find those people that feel the same way you feel some type of comforting unity, like hell yeah we're destined to become part of the eternal void which kinda sucks, but atleast we'll go together.
@Variocom
I love Everything Everywhere All At Once because it really dives into nihilism, eventually leasding to absurdism, and landing on existentialism. I wish i could show everyone that movie so they can get my personal philosophy. It just captured that so well
@hallehuckleberry
the first video about existentialism/meaning of life without crying. thanks! we’re making progress.
@mal07
the reason i’m not a nihilist is because the reason i do things is to bring myself and others joy and i like that my life doesn’t have to have some grand reason. i live to be alive and i think that’s good enough
@LemunMilk
Accepting that we are just animals with impulses is terrifying. And that the only way to be “happy” is to shut off that self aware third person perspective. But how can one go back to ignorance of our meaninglessness after experiencing this transcendence? I don’t think that I could ever possibly just shut it off. Very interesting video though :)
@appa609
It's usually easy to find a purpose. It's usually hard to fulfill this purpose and we give up and look for something easier.
@Diego-79320
Olivia just casually completely changing the way i view my life
@l1teralcanc3r78
The absurdity and overwhelming limitation of my existence has turned me into an empty, bitter, and unstable disaster of a human being. I dont wanna do this anymore, but im not allowed to check out because i care about the people id leave behind too much. It's hell.
@imjennim
Hey Olivia! What a serendipitous upload! I've been pondering more about this critical part our history where things are exponentially advancing (ie. tech, AI, info distribution, Postmates lol), while also exponentially getting worse (ie. Global warming, no shared reality, resource depletion). Ultimately many people are in a Meaning crisis. This video essay reassured me that the spread of knowledge/experience opens us up so we can make sense of these events and find solutions/meaning. I appreciate you jotting down the sources in the description box too. I hope this becomes common practice in the content creation world. I recently read Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal and found it very illuminating. Loved his analysis on society's climate and how he offers some key meaning-making tools that are accessible to all (not just the privileged). Looking forward to your next video! x
@oliSUNvia