Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017)
by bena on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:04PM
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I had a small application that was going to debut for the higher ups. It pulled in data from multiple sources. Somebody asked me if I was nervous because the head of the organization was going to see it.
I told him "We're all going to be dead in 50 or so years and none of this will have mattered. So, not really."
The response was "Holy shit, that's dark".
But I think I do use nihilism to cope with potentially anxious thoughts. I know that I can't make any meaningful contributions to the universe on any sort of scale that would be noticeable. So making a mistake isn't the worst thing in the world.
I told him "We're all going to be dead in 50 or so years and none of this will have mattered. So, not really."
The response was "Holy shit, that's dark".
But I think I do use nihilism to cope with potentially anxious thoughts. I know that I can't make any meaningful contributions to the universe on any sort of scale that would be noticeable. So making a mistake isn't the worst thing in the world.