• twice_hatch@midwest.social
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    I feel that way about at least 3 things. Camus called it “the absurd”. The universe, he said, essentially does not make sense. You can dig and dig and there is no meaning at the bottom. We really are just atoms. The absurd is the interface, when humankind presses their hand against the meaningless and tries to make too much sense of it.

    There isn’t going to be an achievement screen when you die.

    Terry Pratchett in Hogfather can be read as a direct response - You can live a good life anyway if you believe in “the big lies” - Truth, justice, love, etc.