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Fluidity

This is a nonfiction audiobook narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, David Chapman. Full text at: https://meaningness.com

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Original music by Kevin MacLeod. https://incompetech.com/music/

Artwork on this webpage is by Barry Gohn. https://www.deviantart.com/bzgbg

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Nov 28, 2021

No absolute meaning: Are you adult enough to accept that the world offers no absolute guarantees?
 
https://meaningness.com/no-absolute-meaning
 
No transcendent meaning: If meaning lives only in Neverland, we can’t make much use of it. Fortunately, it’s here, now.
 


Nov 21, 2021

Lite nihilism, on the way to completion: Lite nihilism includes a valuable, accurate analysis of the failure of eternalism.
 
https://meaningness.com/lite-nihilism
 
Not really meaningful: “Nothing REALLY means anything” sounds plausible when you feel nihilistic. What does “really” mean, though?
 


Nov 14, 2021

The many justifications for nihilism rely on a handful of mistaken patterns of reasoning.
 
https://meaningness.com/nihilist-fallacies
 
Links mentioned in this episode:
 
Scott Alexander’s blog post “Proving too much”.
 
"Finding Meaning In An Imperfect World" by Iddo Landau
 

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Nov 7, 2021

This episode narrates the new pages “'Nihilism is OK' is not OK" and "The uncanny absence of nihil –ism".
 
“Nihilism is inevitable, but not a problem.” This is mistaken: it makes you miserable and ineffective, and erodes social and cultural capacity.