Reflections on life Video Writing
christopher godber  

Coming to terms with the void – Philosophical meaning and learning to flirt with non-existence

An exploration of philosophy, meaning vs meaninglessness , the void, existence and non-existence, philosophical pessimism

  • Timestamps : Introduction to the concepts – 0:00
  • Religion and the loss of a structure of meaning – 02:02
  • Nietzsche and the death of God – 03:36 Eternal recurrence existentialism – Satre, Camus etc – 5:00
  • Nietzsche misunderstood – 07:39
  • Emil Cioran – The humorous miserabilist of nihilism 09:17
  • Philosophical pessimism – Things don’t always improve and entropy 11:35
  • The end of the universe – 14:00 (https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA Timeline of the future video mentioned)
  • Phillip Mainlander – the tragic pessimist – 15:50
  • Taking the black pill and limits – 17:58
  • The key questions for the new future (the death of God) – 20:10

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