General Absurdism, and How It Applies in Everyday Life

Tuesday 27 February 2024

I read an article by Daniel Miessler: General Absurdism, and How It Applies in Everyday Life.

Notes:

Humans weren’t designed to understand our underlying reality. We were designed to compete and succeed in the context of survival and reproduction.

Our hardware and software aren’t meant to interact with reality directly. They’re meant to interact with other players in this game of Survive and Reproduce.

What if you don’t want to play the game?

... we’ve evolved far enough to see the other world. The real world. And we’ve started to notice the discrepancies between the two.

Is time with a dear friend any less sweet? Is Ice Cream any less wonderous? Are coffee and sex and laughter in some way diminished?

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. — Bertrand Russell

I like the Russell quote. I suppose some of us have different roles in the game (this is certainly true depending on one’s stage in life, but I mean it broader than that). I also have to conclude that some of us are on the side line, watching the game.