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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts) Thu May 9, 2013, 01:48 PM May 2013

When I think of the Big Questions like The Meaning of Life and Purpose.... [View all]

I look to the Future and Human Progress. Always have. It's why I would call myself a Humanist or Progressive.

So when things like Climate Change or Nuclear War threatens that future, I'm shaken right down to my core. Life tends to lose it's meaning for me.

I think, at some level, these ideas exist in all of us. I also think this explains a lot of the nihilism of Modern Life. For a brief moment in the early 90s, when the Cold War ended, I was filled with optimism. I married and had a son. Seems like quite a few of us Boomers did.

But now....Losing my Religion.

Don't know why I'm posting this, but it just needed to be said.

Carry on.

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When I think of the Big Questions like The Meaning of Life and Purpose.... [View all] Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

I know what you mean. The downward slide isn't stopping. MotherPetrie May 2013 #1

Time to reread some Vonnegut. His later works, especially Galapagos.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

My personal philosophy is anchored in optimism. It gives me a reason to fight for a better future. JaneyVee May 2013 #3

Do you bottle that? Junkdrawer May 2013 #4

sometimes it's best to focus on what you can do as opposed to what you have no power over. el_bryanto May 2013 #5

I remember an OilDrum poster called Monkeyfister during the Deepwater Horizon crisis.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #6

I do sympathize with you, but I also would like to add something. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #7

Thanks for the kind words. But we've had this conversation before.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

What was that saying going around recently? Jamastiene May 2013 #9

Thanks. I've always been a family man. Junkdrawer May 2013 #10