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Re:Bertrand Russell's argument for idleness is more relevant... by UncleOxidant on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:36PM (#24136636)
This. People are conditioned to non-productive, consumptive leisure. Some have hobbies and can find meaning in productive leisure, but for those who don't, after a while binging Netflix is just meaningless. Creating things is a very important way for humans to find meaning and to be in the Zone.
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Re:Bertrand Russell's argument for idleness is more relevant... by heed on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:28PM (#24137803)
I’m not sure how I feel about this. On one hand I don’t think we should be overprescribing any particular path towards finding meaning in one’s life. On the other hand promoting other possible paths is probably a good thing.

Some people genuinely find “work” meaningful and purposeful and that should be okay if that’s what they value. If other things provide them meaning, that’s okay too.

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