(August 15, 2016 at 7:39 am)chimp3 Wrote: So , I ask you to pretend we are freshly new without knowledge of monotheism , the Golden Rule , life after death, woman as a lesser creature. What sort of fun , pleasurable , joyful life can we conceive of? What matters to you?
Gastronomy, wine and social gatherings based on these two.
Sex for pleasure with full awareness of the risks attached.
Politics for individual liberty with a concern for the common good.
Social mores such as marriage open to creativity as long as no one gets hurt.
This video is pretty much my manifesto on meaning:
Instead of thinking about meaning as something imposed on us by the structure of reality (theistic or otherwise), think of meaning as something like a creative project. We create meaning, but creating anything is like searching through a infinite library of all possible meaningful stories/endeavors. Every possible story is already out there, in that library of all possible combinations of thoughts, and it's our job to find the good ones. The really good thoughts, durable enough to last through a phase of your life, or longer.
For me, a joyful, pleasurable life is a quest. A search for meaningful experiences, and the most important part is the people you experience life with.
A Gemma is forever.
