nihilism
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nihilism
The shock we’re experiencing now can’t be summarized as present shock, which happens when we become blindly obsessed with the present moment. Nor is it a form of future shock, which happens when we feel that change is taking place too quickly. Instead, the shock we’re feeling today is an affront to our most basic understanding of reality. And the... See more
🏡 Shock and Awe
I was reading about “learned helplessness," a psychological condition that arises when one is not able to effect a change in one’s environment. It is characterized by “a drop in zest, decreasing clarity, withdrawal from connection, less self-knowledge, and a decrease in sense of self-worth.” To me, this is what it feels like to be on my seventh
... See moreAnn Friedman • Rock the LOTE
Speaking of psychotics, the internet has made so many people go off the deep end. Or it’s also made so many become these disillusioned doomers, irony-poisoned and stuck with a nihilistic outlook. It’s important to acknowledge the realities of the horror show we call life, but also strive to move beyond that and not let the world beat you down or... See more
Dasha Nekrasova • Jon Rafman and Dasha Nekrasova on the Horror We Call Life
death salience + unfazed resiliency that are unspoken drivers behind so many behaviors today.
ZINE • 3_Trends_Vol.15: Sarah Unger: Memento Mori, Natural Awe + Four Day Week
They’ll tell you, you need to be kind and forthright and aggressive and meditative and a free spirit and dependable and cautious and not be pushed around and live free or die and be helpful and put your own gas mask on first and be spiritual and religious and empirical and scientific and hate this and vault that and play to your talents and always
... See moreOnce you start looking for disassociation, it’s everywhere. It’s in the way we consume media, and how so much of what we consume is so targeted now, and you have to work hard to get another perspective, and we all spend time buying products that we know are not necessarily coming from an ethical place or arriving through an ethical process. But
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • The Feast of Severance
Atlas’ loneliness is the awareness that there are gulfs between separate consciousnesses that cannot be bridged