This is how I see it. A person has no obligations in life except death. It's the one thing you have to do. But that's boring; that's why life exists.
You should pursue what makes you happy in life, because happiness is what all people seek, right? Be it killing someone, saving someone, playing music, playing the fool, it's whatever makes you happy.
In this case, you should pick an productive activity that makes you happy; art, sports, cooking, anything. But you should make your subsistence unique; otherwise, you would have been born, emulated other people in the activity you chose, and then die.
In short, you should make your mark in history by creating something original before dying, which future generations will remember you for. Even if no one knew of your creation your existence was significant; only you were responsible for changing the world in some way; your life had meaning.
I'm okay with part of that. You have to leave a trace on this earth, be it by creations of your own, by acts that will impact future societies, etc.
But I'm not OK on the idea that you should do "whatever makes you happy". I'd rewrite that on "whatever makes you happy as long as you don't prevent another person from reaching his/her own happiness".
This is the only way we'll have a possible future that doesn't instantly fall into savagery and decadence. You know how the human being is.
I, for one, wish to and intend to leave as little trace on this world as possible.
Also, I'd call your rant not a theory but a philosophy, and not a very gracious one at that. Too many implicit assumptions.
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Why? Don't you think yourself important enough? Do you think Nature is so important that you, a part of nature, should not affect it? I for one, want change the world as much as possible, leave as much trace of my existence as possible while in this world. So I don't get your philosophy.
>>1 Life has no meaning, ALL the bullshit from earth saving to vegan eating does not matter in the end. It's like fighting a shit storm, you will LOOOOOOSE. And no i don't want to leave my mark into this world whether it would be to have children which i find DISGUSTING, to selfishly give your life meaning by making another and risking his/hers misfortune.
I don't love fucking life, and the only good thing is that it will also end for those that like it:)..gotta love Death.^^, afterlife is bullshit ofc.
Meaningless.
I personally see life as a chance.
We get to do whatever we want here. So we can just sit back and wait for death to come for us, right? Sure, if you want to, you can. But what the hell good is that? We are here for a reason, so why not find out why? Since we can do anything we want, we use it to find out what it is to live. Our lives are the meaning of life. More specifically, the process of wandering why we are here is why we are here.
I was going to post something thoughtful but I accidentally bumped my knee under my desk while trying to cross my legs and it hurts like a bitch so now I lost track of what I wanted to say, nevermind me.
honestly
don't define your life
just think about how to do the right thing and enjoy it
(in a nutshell, of course, I wouldn't do very well to explain how I'VE changed philosophically over 18 years)
I realized that math is the reason I'm alive (figuratively and literally) so I'm going to stay alive to enjoy it.