He said to Neo that humans are like a virus, breeding and infecting the world with our “stick” and general disgustingness.

I look around the world, at the state of society, the environment, international conflict and the enshitification of humanity - I’ve gone through my life blindly accepting that life for life’s sake is beautiful, and worth it.

But as I see the state of it all, our perpetual need to destroy each other over ideas and resources, I struggle to come to grips with it. Societies around the world are facing population shrinkage… Do they all know something I don’t?

Is human life beautiful, and objectively worth perpetuating? Or are we a blight? Why should we be?

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I think that’s precisely it. The universe is beautiful and we’re the portion of the universe that exists to appreciate that beauty.

    It’s a very humanocentric view (or sentient-centric more accurate) but I think it’s fair and accurate. We definitely need to get our shit together though.

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      9 months ago

      @xmunk I really don’t understand this argument.

      I’s like a cockroach in my house claiming that it exists to appreciate my beauty.

      Dude I don’t need you to appreciate my beauty and meanwhile you’re contaminating everything in my kitchen.