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j2kunyesterday at 3:59 PM4 repliesview on HN

Fatalism will also not fix anything. But I suppose death comes for us all, yes? Why do anything at all?


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tombertyesterday at 6:04 PM

I feel that fatalism, especially when people treat it as some sort of personal philosophy, is kind of lazy.

It requires no effort to say "fuck this, nothing matters anyway", and then justify doing literally nothing.

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MidnightRider39yesterday at 5:53 PM

This is the only relevant question. And it leads right to the next one which is “what is a good life?”

But humans have a huge bias for action. I think generally doing less is better.

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WarmWashyesterday at 5:28 PM

I think "adapt or die" is the takeaway.

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mikkupikkuyesterday at 6:11 PM

> But I suppose death comes for us all, yes? Why do anything at all?

Wrong take. Death comes for us all, yes, so why hold back? Do you want to live forever?

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