A Nihilist’s Guide to Meaning | Melting Asphalt
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I've never been plagued by the big existential questions. You know, like What's my purpose? or What does it all mean?
A Nihilist’s Guide to Meaning | Melting Asphalt Melting Asphalt About Archive Goodies Subscribe A Nihilist's Guide to Meaning by Kevin Simler I've never been plagued by the big existential questions. You know, like What's my purpose? or What does it all mean? Growing up I was a very science-minded kid — still am — and from an early age I learned to accept the basic meaninglessness of the universe. Science taught me that it's all just atoms and the void, so there can't be any deeper point or purpose to the whole thing; the kind of meaning most people yearn for — Ultimate Meaning — si
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