#meaning-of-life tag

Is Life a Game?

Play—self-directed, intrinsically scored activity—provides meaning by resisting external metrics and preventing value capture from ranking, quantification, and instrumental evaluation.

Philosophy

fromThe Atlantic

4 days ago

What the Second Law of Thermodynamics Reveals About Being Human

Humans, as physical beings, seek significance; creating order from nature's chaos enables a good life even if complete happiness is unattainable.

fromConsequence

1 month ago

Jeff Bridges' Colbert Questionert Is An Absolute Joy

If The Colbert Questionert's random assortment of questions, ranging from favorite sandwich to first concert to worst smell was best suited for anyone, it's Jeff Bridges, with his blissful perspective on life and that hearty, stoner laugh to boot. Over the extended 15-minute segment, we learn that The Dude's favorite sandwich is a cheeseburger with raw onions, he adores David Byrne and once met John Lennon, he lost his smell during COVID,

Film

fromThe Beer Thrillers - Central PA beer enthusiasts and beer bloggers. Homebrewers, brewery workers, and all around beer lovers.

2 months ago

Book Review: A Significant Life (Todd May) - The Beer Thrillers

First off, Todd May has quickly become one of my favorite philosophers of the present. I first got acquainted with Todd May via the show "The Good Place". His first work I read was Death, which helped me a lot with my own understandings, feelings, and thoughts about death. Especially around the time of Bart's death, and I remember going for a hike at Governor Dick and reading it.

Philosophy

Mental health

fromPsychology Today

1 month ago

Existential OCD: When 'Why Am I Here?' Won't Let Go

Existential OCD causes intrusive, panic-inducing obsessions about meaning, reality, and death despite outward normalcy and is a treatable OCD subtype.

Philosophy

fromThe Beer Thrillers - Central PA beer enthusiasts and beer bloggers. Homebrewers, brewery workers, and all around beer lovers.

3 months ago

The Meaning of Life - as per ChatGPT and Perplexity - The Beer Thrillers

Life's meaning emerges from existence, awareness, and connection, where conscious experience, self-reflection, and relationships create purpose and value.

Philosophy

fromBig Think

3 months ago

Would you rather be an absurdist or an existentialist? Here's the difference between the two.

Absurdism accepts life's inherent meaninglessness and urges reconciliation with it; existentialism insists humans must create values and assume full responsibility despite the absence of God.

fromTiny Buddha

5 months ago

Can You Live a Meaningful Life Without Being Exceptional? - Tiny Buddha

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

Philosophy

Mindfulness

fromPsychology Today

5 months ago