Surf the online world. We’re currently living in an ‘age of narcissism.’ The internet is saturated with pictures of ourselves, little messages of our daily thoughts, beliefs that we’re the ‘most important’ person in the world and that there’s a need to document every moment of our lives. (Good satirical […]
Tag: humanity
Can young people be in love?
Adults tend to underestimate and patronize children and teenagers, although I think those attitudes are changing. Romantic love is an interesting topic to consider in the case of young people. If two people aged fourteen or sixteen have been together for a considerably long time – say a year – […]
#metoo and ‘rape culture’
I have mixed feelings about the recent #metoo campaign. On the one hand I think it’s great to raise awareness about victims of harassment, rape and assault. On the other hand I think people need to be careful about their definitions and not ‘trivialise’ actual cases of rape by making […]
Am I A Nihilist?
Existential nihilism is the belief that nothing in the world holds inherent meaning or value. We’re here because we’re here, the universe has no meaning and life is purposeless. Do I believe this? To a degree. I believe that meaning has to be created from within, and that nothing holds […]
Does Life Have a Meaning?
No, to put it simply. Or at least that’s my opinion. Humans are simply by-products of evolution. We’re a collection of atoms bumping in and out of each other standing on much larger inter-connected atoms bumping in and out of each other. We’re all in an ever-expanding universe (or ever-collapsing […]
Morality?
Some people would say I’m a good person because I’ve never killed anyone. Others would say I’m a bad person because I don’t practice political correctness. I reject absolutist morality, which claims that there is one universal maxim of ‘goodness’ to be applied to everything. For example: murder is always […]