Fluidity

A world of total license: the catastrophe some fear if nihilistic views become widespread. https://meaningness.com/nihilist-apocalypse

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Nihilism has a taboo allure of forbidden power—because everyone knows eternalism is wrong. https://meaningness.com/nihilism-black-magic Recognizing meaninglessness requires unusual intelligence, courage, and toughness. Nihilist elitism renders you stupid, cowardly, and helpless, though. https://meaningness.com/nihilist-cynicism-elitism

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Nihilism promises you don't have to care, because nothing means anything. But you do care—and you can't escape that. https://meaningness.com/nihilism-promise The end-state of nihilism is not suicide, but catatonia. https://meaningness.com/accomplishing-nihilism You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon:

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This mid-week bonus episode is another interview with David Chapman, in which we discuss nihilism, both as a book section, and nihilism itself. Since the time that I started recording, he has since written six more episodes worth of chapters in the Nihilism section of Meaningness. I could move on and record "Meaningness And Time", but instead I'll loop back and read his newly-written chapters out of order.

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Materialism says that only mundane purposes like money, sex, and power count. It wrongly rejects higher purposes—but those too are not ultimate.

https://meaningness.com/materialism Common critiques of materialism, from religion, political idealism, personal idealism, and nihilism.

https://meaningness.com/materialism-rejection Mingling mission and materialism attempts to gain both self-indulgent and self-justifying goals—but loses both enjoyment and empathetic joy.

https://meaningness.com/mingled-mission-materialism

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The delusion that you can find your true, unique personal life-purpose causes only suffering and failure.

https://meaningness.com/mission-defects-obstacles

Just discover your unique talent, follow your passion, and success is guaranteed—this is terrible advice!

https://meaningness.com/do-with-my-life

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Dividing purposes into higher and mundane, mission pursues higher ends and rejects pragmatism; materialism seeks only selfish goals. Both are mistakes.

https://meaningness.com/purpose

It is attractive to think that we each have a unique, transcendent, ultimate purpose in life. Unfortunately, this belief is both false and harmful.

https://meaningness.com/mission

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Abandoning selflessness and egoism equally, we can play with the ambiguous self/other boundary; supple, skillful selfing for successful, satisfying interaction.

https://meaningness.com/self

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Stances concerning connection and separateness: monism, dualism, and participation. https://meaningness.com/monism-dualism-and-participation Monism and dualism are opposites. But because each is obviously wrong, each turns into the other when cornered. Sneaky! https://meaningness.com/monism-dualism-recursion Errors of monism and dualism: denying and fixating object boundaries and connections. https://meaningness.com/boundaries-objects-connections You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon:

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Going beyond resolutions of specific problems: consistently maintaining an accurate stance toward meaningness. https://meaningness.com/stabilize-complete-stance Since this episode ties together what we have learned so far, it references previous episodes. They are: Obstacles To The Complete Stance Stances Are Unstable Exiting eternalism Finding the complete stance Textures of completion Meaningness as a liberating practice

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