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If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all? (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We spend our days bound by endless obligations. Yet, even with loneliness, failed relationships, and soul-draining work, people still manage to catch a glimpse of happiness. Why?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are two types of thinking about it:

There is no point in living. We are doomed to get into the grave, and eventually be forgotten forever.
There is no point in living. No higher order, no higher purpose, no higher authority. We are free to live our lives, to explore, to insert any meaning whatsoever into it. We are forging our own destiny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

And, protip, you're not going to be around for option 1 anyway.