![]() But rather, an observation about how things appear to be, based on our ability to understand them. The statement that "existence is fundamentally playful" is not a claim about purpose either. None of this brings us closer to a "purpose", per se. After that Darwin takes over.Īll of these things happened before Darwin was involved, and while I understand the point you're making, I'm calling this out because Natural Selection is again just a language and labeling game that maps the process relative to our experience of it and our understanding of various scientific disciplines. > Given the right combination of atoms, a source of energy, and enough time, a self-reproducing system will appear by pure chance. This could also be framed as: we are the process. It happens to be the only reason the process continues, but it has no inherent purpose any more than playfulness does. So, too, are we, as is replication itself. > Sure, but that's just a side-effect of the process. ![]() We're not here to make copies of our DNA any more than DNA is here to make copies of us. > We are here on earth to make copies of our DNA. > DNA is not here "for" anything, DNA is a Thing That Happens. But if you can make work as a form of play, you already are living in Ikigai. Hence its name: 'work', we don't naturally want to do it. It means somehow intersecting 'play' with 'work', but as many people say: 'work is something people don't do voluntarily'. Personally though I've found the pursuit of this philosophy very hard to integrate into life. > The term compounds two Japanese words: iki (生き, meaning 'life alive') and kai (甲斐, meaning '(an) effect (a) result (a) fruit (a) worth (a) use (a) benefit (no, little) avail') (sequentially voiced as gai), to arrive at 'a reason for living a meaning for life what makes life worth living a 'raison d'être'. ![]() More generally it may refer to something that brings pleasure or fulfilment. > The Oxford English Dictionary defines ikigai as "a motivating force something or someone that gives a person a sense of purpose or a reason for living". Ikigai is worth exploring if you find yourself questioning the grand meaning of things: ![]() Vonnegut expresses a similar sentiment when he says, "We are here on Earth to fart around." And the point of dancing isn't to arrive at a particular spot on the floor the point of dancing is simply to dance. It's less like a journey, and more like a piece of music or a dance. Existence, he says, is fundamentally playful. In lieu of meaning, I mostly adopted the attitude of Alan Watts. ![]()
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