There may be a meaning to life but you should focus on creating it yourself
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goes against
- Essentialism - you don’t got an essence, neither a destiny
- Absurdism
- Nihilism
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focuses
- authenticity - choose your own adventure, values
- existance preceeds essence
- individuality
- subjectivity
- freedom
- responsability
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quotes
- “the meaning of life is whatever prevents you from killing yourself” - Albert Camus
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Bad faith - self-deception - There are no predetermined paths
- conforming to exernal sources without proper thought like
- nature of men - “nature wants this for us”
- religion/belief
- society
- socials
- public opinion
- family opinion
- tradition
- legacy
- tech & AI
- culture of your place
- education & school
- politic system
- economic system
- following life-path because “it’s the only choice”
- thinking that to live you must have a job or make money
- exaggerating expectation of your job
- waiter who exaggerates his role to fit expectations is acting in bad faith, pretending he has no choice but to be “just a waiter”
- following life-path because “it’s the only choice”
- conforming to exernal sources without proper thought like
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authentic choices - that aligns with one’s true self
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life is absurd - has no inherent meaning, so create your own
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Main puhers
- soren kierkegaard - father of existentialism
- Nietzsche - Nice
- Albert Camus