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“The point is there ain’t no point.” ― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men (Horrible pointless movie – which was the point)
The danger of finding everything pointless is not noticing when you slip into nihilism
“The most dangerous side of nihilism, however, is that in the end it becomes happy and satisfied with itself.” But oh so empty.
Have your read Life of PI?
“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
“‘So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can’t prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?’ Mr. Okamoto: ‘That’s an interesting question?’ Mr. Chiba: ‘The story with animals.’ Mr. Okamoto: ‘Yes. The story with animals is the better story.
Choose a better story.
The only way to overcome analysis paralysis and inactivity is to stop analyzing and get up and do something.