Dear B. A question I have been pondering: What is the causal or phenomenal relationship between cynicism and nihilism? You have talked about young people, celebrating nihilism. I am also watching many, beginning to be proud of their cynicism. I would love to hear your reactions and, if it is worthy of your attention, perhaps even a blog piece. With gratitude.
Thanks for this question, Saqib. I need to chew on this for a while, and I will indeed put it in the ingredients for a follow-up post to my recent discussions of nihilism.
I think the "problem" is that many young people are beginning to take life as a problem to be solved. The joy and play in our engagements are disappearing, and people are not even asking what for. Humanity is headed for rapids, as you mentioned elsewhere in your posts. My goodness, my friend, what a timely and fantastic project you have taken on. As an entrepreneur and trusted guide to many entrepreneurs, I am loving this writing and pondering what the domain of my career is in the era of AI.
I have a sense that one manifestation of our loss of contact with what matters is the well-justified attachment to what's important. What's important can be justified, and that justification argued against another's claim for what's important, but neither moves to the next step--for the sake of what? What's important is only relevant to the extent that it supports taking care of what matters. When we attune ourselves to attend to that revelatory moment of Candor--what matters for us, now--we immediately recognize that it's not about optimization, it's about taking care.
Dear B. A question I have been pondering: What is the causal or phenomenal relationship between cynicism and nihilism? You have talked about young people, celebrating nihilism. I am also watching many, beginning to be proud of their cynicism. I would love to hear your reactions and, if it is worthy of your attention, perhaps even a blog piece. With gratitude.
Thanks for this question, Saqib. I need to chew on this for a while, and I will indeed put it in the ingredients for a follow-up post to my recent discussions of nihilism.
I am looking forward to it. Thank you.
I think the "problem" is that many young people are beginning to take life as a problem to be solved. The joy and play in our engagements are disappearing, and people are not even asking what for. Humanity is headed for rapids, as you mentioned elsewhere in your posts. My goodness, my friend, what a timely and fantastic project you have taken on. As an entrepreneur and trusted guide to many entrepreneurs, I am loving this writing and pondering what the domain of my career is in the era of AI.
Thank you Saqib! Thanks for reading and sharing this moment of inspiration with me.
I have a sense that one manifestation of our loss of contact with what matters is the well-justified attachment to what's important. What's important can be justified, and that justification argued against another's claim for what's important, but neither moves to the next step--for the sake of what? What's important is only relevant to the extent that it supports taking care of what matters. When we attune ourselves to attend to that revelatory moment of Candor--what matters for us, now--we immediately recognize that it's not about optimization, it's about taking care.
Thank you, Peter. This is a compelling tie-in to your important work on candor.