I can't remember whether I've mentioned this in a thread on your blog, but I found the game "The Talos Principle", and especially its sequel (TTP II) to be a surprisingly moving exploration of how a being can find meaning in the absence of faith in some received dogma. There are several different "narrators" whose commentaries you can find, scattered through the story. One of them, Lifthrasir, grapples a fair bit with existential dread. (There's also a character who's somewhere between a deist and a pantheist, in one of the DLC stories for TTP II.)
I have a friend whose father was convicted of a crime he did not commit and spent years in jail when this friend was a young boy. He's never forgiven the people who did this, who treated him badly because his dad was supposedly a felon, and it scarred him for life. I admire anyone who, without faith, is able to process this kind of blow and forgive those who have wronged them, especially as a child (like Elon).
Hello Bear, I am your new subscriber, Daniel. I will read all your past entries and your current ones. Re: Existential Tragedies : it is a full list of them. Most I would agree are tragedies as you define it.y own way to face those to which I give recognition in my own life is a sense of acceptance. I did not have a choice about whether to be born. I have some power over my own life and I live to better the lives of myself, my family and others as I can. I believe all that is exist as a representation of Pure Consciousness. While I personally believe that Pure Consciousness is loving that doesn’t deny the tragedies you describe. There is no explanation for them. There is something more than them. This belief gives me some comfort. Daniel
Thankyou! I appreciate not just the money, but especially the kindness and the thought, it's a welcome reminder that I'm not just throwing words out into space.
I can't remember whether I've mentioned this in a thread on your blog, but I found the game "The Talos Principle", and especially its sequel (TTP II) to be a surprisingly moving exploration of how a being can find meaning in the absence of faith in some received dogma. There are several different "narrators" whose commentaries you can find, scattered through the story. One of them, Lifthrasir, grapples a fair bit with existential dread. (There's also a character who's somewhere between a deist and a pantheist, in one of the DLC stories for TTP II.)
I have a friend whose father was convicted of a crime he did not commit and spent years in jail when this friend was a young boy. He's never forgiven the people who did this, who treated him badly because his dad was supposedly a felon, and it scarred him for life. I admire anyone who, without faith, is able to process this kind of blow and forgive those who have wronged them, especially as a child (like Elon).
I would wish that you had included a discussion of Kierkegaard's Christian existentialism.
I'd like to see Bear talk about SK's essay "The crowd is untruth".
It is certainly an important thought experiment for today.
Hello Bear, I am your new subscriber, Daniel. I will read all your past entries and your current ones. Re: Existential Tragedies : it is a full list of them. Most I would agree are tragedies as you define it.y own way to face those to which I give recognition in my own life is a sense of acceptance. I did not have a choice about whether to be born. I have some power over my own life and I live to better the lives of myself, my family and others as I can. I believe all that is exist as a representation of Pure Consciousness. While I personally believe that Pure Consciousness is loving that doesn’t deny the tragedies you describe. There is no explanation for them. There is something more than them. This belief gives me some comfort. Daniel
Thankyou! I appreciate not just the money, but especially the kindness and the thought, it's a welcome reminder that I'm not just throwing words out into space.