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 No.738

Do you think the reason we make such a big deal about dying is because we live surrounded by inanimate objects? I've noticed that when I go for a walk in a park, I stop caring about things like getting old and dying and see it as just another part of a much bigger natural process. When we lose that connection, we start making things up, like culture and religion, but those things, being human constructs, can't properly fulfill that function. Many people in the West today, are almost completely isolated, they feel no connection to nature, religion, culture, in some cases even the people around them. Is it any wonder a movement like transhumanism has been able to gain so much traction in recent years?

 No.739

>>738
I'm not sure. But it's true that people are losing connection with nature. I used to feel really connected when I was a kid because all I ever did was play around outside. Now I rarely go outside.
The least anybody could do is own a plant in their room, but even then I wouldn't consider that enough.

I think being around nature plays a big part in how we think.

I went from only ever being outside to only ever being inside and online within about a week once I got my first laptop at age 13. I kind of felt like it was coming, and once I got stuck in the look it took 5 years to finally decide to get out and do something.

Having fun was climbing up a tree or house roof and laying back to think. Now it's listening to music and masturbating, or messing with strangers on the internet. I don't mean to make it sound like I think the internet is bad, because honestly I think it's one of the best thing to happen to me. I've learned so much from it, in a different way that I learned from nature.

I fully understand the "Its the internet I have to be an asshole because people don't know who I am" mindset and I use it to its full extent but I think when people are being as serious as they can be or trying to get a point across or change someone's mind I think they should try to be kind and calm, instead of yelling and insulting their views, because that only makes them defensive, not open.

I don't know where I'm going with this so I'm going to stop talking before it gets even more off topic.

I do think you may have a point but the first sentence still confuses me.

 No.740

>>739
Perhaps another way of saying it might be that in a world full of things that are neither alive nor dead, death itself feels unnatural and wrong.



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