In a recent post, Does Life Have Meaning? I wrote about the plethora of recent social media posts on the supposed meaninglessness of our lives.
In addition to the other points I made in the original post, this subject appears to be a “first world problem.” Think for a moment of those living in areas that are war-torn, impoverished, disease-ridden, or ruled by cruel tyrants. How may have the bandwidth to concern themselves with the meaning of life and to bemoan its monotony?
Yes, as Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” but it’s possible that the over-examined life–as well as the unappreciated life–may be just as bad.
Unfortunately, there are tens of millions of morons who believe hateful garage like this.
The average 10-year-old can understand that we can BOTH protect our citizens while obeying the U.S. Constitution and international law when it comes to treating the undocumented legally and humanely.
Again, this is what is called the logical fallacy of the “false dichotomy.” Only idiots believe we have to choose one over the other.
I would say that the regulations on energy (and transportation) companies should be sufficient to put pressure on them to phase out fossil fuels and decarbonize in favor of renewables and nuclear.
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At left is an expression of what life in the United States has become over the last decade, which differs greatly from the experiences of those in the rest of the world.
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