tree-molester

tree-molester t1_j2tayk3 wrote

Reply to comment by monkeylogic42 in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription

Your comment is the first of any on this discussion that even scratches the surface of the ‘best’ attitude that is needed to move forward on the crises of climate change, political neo-fascism, the cult like thinking that leads to religious bigotry and the influence it has on morality, etc. I think we’re about at the stage of ‘what is needed is a 2x4 to the back of the head’ of our current capitalist/consumer society. The hedonistic me-me-me path we have followed for to long has brought us to a time in which we must decide if, as a species, we intend to go on. We have the resources and knowledge to turn things around, but we also can use these tools to continue on the path of crashing and burning as we have for far to long the past century or so.

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tree-molester t1_j02cmje wrote

Reply to Existence is infinitely richer than our descriptions of it. So, rather than cling to reductive explanations that only ‘close’ life’s possibilities, we should ‘open’ reality by seeing ourselves as perpetual students | Interview with Black Existentialist Lewis Gordon by philosophybreak

This is pretty much why all religion and philosophy fall short.

Once you try to name the mother of 10,000 things it’s no longer the mother of 10,000 things

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