Re:A world without work
by EleventhSun on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @09:18PM
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Speak for yourself, buddy. I contemplated my existence all the time, as a child.
Re:A world without work
by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @09:53PM
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When I was seven, I knew that the meaning of life was to have fun.
When I was a teenager and an early twentysomething, I thought the point in life was something one figured out via philosophy and religion.
When I was 24 or so, I realized I'd understood better at seven than at 15.
Just curious -- do you have deterministic views? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_determinism ), i.e. do you buy humans have free will?
Children are a great reminder that understanding existence is irrelevant. Children don't contemplate their own existence, they simply experience and relish that existence. You can't be sure that you have any sort of purpose or destiny, but you can be sure of the ground beneath your feet and the sand between your toes. Children get that intuitively, and for a long time they can't approach life any other way.