would the world be better off if we all died?

[CapnAwesome]

Okay, I'm not sure how serious to take this post but I'm going to take it seriously just for the sake of argument. The world would not be better off without humans because without us nobody would be around to have any experience. 'The world' is an abstract concept. The planet has no consciousness of it's own. It doesn't matter to it whether or not we are alive or dead, whether or not the world is polluted or not. The arguments against pollution isn't for a better existence for an abstract concept called 'the planet' it's so humans can have a better life on that planet.

Specifically what made me want to reply is this :

I think so because life is pretty pointless, just work to go home and rest and work again.

That doesn't make life as a general concept pointless. It just makes your life pointless if that's all you do. Here is the thing though, you can do something about it. You can quit your job and spend your time doing something meaningful. The thing is that you can't do it while working full time unless your job is meaningful (chances are it is not.) You can quit your job, sell all the crap that you have collected (it's pointless) and actually do something with your life. It is within your power to change and actually create your own meaning in life, you just aren't doing it. So rather than whine and say it's all pointless you can make an actual point of your life.