God really IS dead.
So yeah, that not-exactly-existential not-exactly-crisis.
I'm not sure why, but I've thinking about the meaning of life recently. I think it's pretty clear that Existentialism is more or less the way to go. You can look for external meaning and purpose all you want, but would that even mean anything if you found it? (Hah, you see what I did there?) As far as I figure, external purpose and meaning is pretty worthless. You can't live for something that has no intrinsic value to you. But this is all just setup.
The real question is: what happens if you can't find anything of particular value or meaning? It's like in interviews where they ask "where do you see yourself in five years." I mean, if you've got some great passion to do something, maybe you have a great answer for that.
But if not? Then what? I mean, honestly, I don't really fucking know what I'd like to be doing 5 years from now. I mean, I can make some shit up and say "well I'd like to develop my own mmog and blah blah blah." But what if in two years I suddenly decide that programming is silly and I want to be a priest? There's nothing in particular that I have this unrelenting drive to do, accomplish, or be.
I don't really thing that's bad, though. I mean, just because there's nothing today doesn't mean there'll be nothing tomorrow. It really does make those questions confusing, though. Because you can't just say "fucked if I know what I want to do."
I'm not sure why, but I've thinking about the meaning of life recently. I think it's pretty clear that Existentialism is more or less the way to go. You can look for external meaning and purpose all you want, but would that even mean anything if you found it? (Hah, you see what I did there?) As far as I figure, external purpose and meaning is pretty worthless. You can't live for something that has no intrinsic value to you. But this is all just setup.
The real question is: what happens if you can't find anything of particular value or meaning? It's like in interviews where they ask "where do you see yourself in five years." I mean, if you've got some great passion to do something, maybe you have a great answer for that.
But if not? Then what? I mean, honestly, I don't really fucking know what I'd like to be doing 5 years from now. I mean, I can make some shit up and say "well I'd like to develop my own mmog and blah blah blah." But what if in two years I suddenly decide that programming is silly and I want to be a priest? There's nothing in particular that I have this unrelenting drive to do, accomplish, or be.
I don't really thing that's bad, though. I mean, just because there's nothing today doesn't mean there'll be nothing tomorrow. It really does make those questions confusing, though. Because you can't just say "fucked if I know what I want to do."