Hey, I'm kind of new here. When I was a wee kid, growing up, people used to find purpose in God and what not. But I don't think that satisfies people on a fundamental level. People want to feel special in some way, which makes life worth living for them as they can imagine a higher purpose for themselves - that only they can do something in life that others cant. And the only (easiest) real way to feel special is to be superior to others. Now most people aren't mega rich/successful. So we end up with most people trying to find other ways to deceive themselves into thinking they stand out from the crowd.
Be it thinking you are really smart, thinking you are from the "superior race" anything really. You can cope by being attractive and thinking you were "blessed by nature" and that is why you are special. Everyone has main character syndrome, and everyone wants to be the star of the show. Perhaps this is why we see women trying to get the best men and writing off entire races because no main character fucks a curry/asian, even if they are really attractive (due to western stereotypes).
Getting back on point, everyone wants to justify why they are alive, what makes them different. And when losers dont work hard enough or achieve nothing, they justify it or try to make up a reason - like country pride, or racism, or sexism, or being persecuted, or being really smart but just unlucky. Many human behaviors can be extremely easily explained through this lens be it white supremacy, eugenicists, countrypridefags, "I am very smart!" losers, people who are obsessed about politics and think only they know whats best for the world. You might even be here reading this thinking "I'm not like them! I see through the lies!" But by doing that you are in fact just like them, because just like them you want to feel better than others.
Makes you wonder what people think makes you special. Well its what society values - intelligence, looks, success, fame. These are all things determined and valued by society, not things we choose - all our goals in life, just because society made it valuable. If nobody gave a shit about looks, you couldn't feel better than others by being attractive, same goes for intelligence and success - becasue there would be nobody telling you "you are special", nobody to feel better than. Nobody brags about being able to make a fire, because who the fuck cares in society, this isnt the stone age.
Most want to feel valued by society. Think about it. On a fundamental level, what do you truly yearn for here? You yearn for society to think that you are superior to others and special. Because then you get purpose, then you are special.
So what can we do about this? Not much unfortunately. We have been conditioned from birth to want and value certain things. It might have been partly human nuture, partly nature. It matters not much. However, something to think about is the future. We are personailties, each and every single one of us. Personalities stuck inside a brain which has certain specs - like a PC, or "intelligence". On top of that we have a body, or a "PC case". The reason I am using these terms is to put into context that these things are changeable, replacable. Your genes that define you are only the ones that define your personality. Not ones that define your body and iq. And your personality while mostly nurture, the little part that is nature has no influence on your iq or attraction. Our personalities have been shaped by being looked down on by others, for something we cannot control, not by being unnatractive in itself. And this is a good thing. We see the world for what it truly is, quite heartless. However, simply because our looks do not define us - this means that with technology, with hope for the future, these things can be equalised, just like a PC case being upgraded.
Once that happens, no longer will ones be more valued than others by society, ones feel superior - feel special, simply because of things they cant control like looks or intelligence or being from the upper class, or being from the "master race".
And guess what. Thats a bad thing. An extremely bad thing for everybody on this planet. Because nobody would be able to feel more special than anybody else. It will happen no matter what, be it 100, 200 years from now. Most will die before then. However. We all have a chance. A chance to make lots of money, to be really special. A chance to say - "Look at me! I did this! I'm the only one that could! And its because of my personality, my hard work! If you don't do that. Then your life is truly worth nothing. Because you cannot have a higher purpose be it subjective or objective if you aren't special. (Of course this goes against pre-determination making nothing truly your achievement however you can easily mentally separate the big picture of cause and effect from the smalll one which is that you yourself did something, by yourself, without the help of others, without relying on looks or anything else you don't decide yourself).
Society is hellbent on throwing two opposing forces against eachother - the main character, who is special in some way - better than others, against the sad fact that there are 8 billion of us and you most likely aren't him. The main character being the only one truly valued by society, by western entertainment, and the fact that it is a completely unnachievable goal. Foids try to marry up, redditors think they are high iq - its all cope, cope because society values an unnachievable goal.
Thus again, my reccomendation is simple. You cannot do much about how you have been conditioned by the world. But you can gain a semblance of it. If you are a loser in your basement rotting away, you cannot in your right mind think you are special in any way - it is all cope. Look up stocks, become great at what you might be good at, make big bucks. Only then can you have any self-actualization about yourself. Because while yes, in your right mind, you cannot be "the best", you can still be "better" and know that this isn't because you are the "master race" or "high iq" or "blessed by nature with looks". This is you. Your personality, your achievement - your accomplishment in life. While only a semi-solution to the main character dilemma, the "value" dilemma that society throws onto all of us, you are certainly being better than those who get it artificially, by something that they have not achieved themselves.
Be it thinking you are really smart, thinking you are from the "superior race" anything really. You can cope by being attractive and thinking you were "blessed by nature" and that is why you are special. Everyone has main character syndrome, and everyone wants to be the star of the show. Perhaps this is why we see women trying to get the best men and writing off entire races because no main character fucks a curry/asian, even if they are really attractive (due to western stereotypes).
Getting back on point, everyone wants to justify why they are alive, what makes them different. And when losers dont work hard enough or achieve nothing, they justify it or try to make up a reason - like country pride, or racism, or sexism, or being persecuted, or being really smart but just unlucky. Many human behaviors can be extremely easily explained through this lens be it white supremacy, eugenicists, countrypridefags, "I am very smart!" losers, people who are obsessed about politics and think only they know whats best for the world. You might even be here reading this thinking "I'm not like them! I see through the lies!" But by doing that you are in fact just like them, because just like them you want to feel better than others.
Makes you wonder what people think makes you special. Well its what society values - intelligence, looks, success, fame. These are all things determined and valued by society, not things we choose - all our goals in life, just because society made it valuable. If nobody gave a shit about looks, you couldn't feel better than others by being attractive, same goes for intelligence and success - becasue there would be nobody telling you "you are special", nobody to feel better than. Nobody brags about being able to make a fire, because who the fuck cares in society, this isnt the stone age.
Most want to feel valued by society. Think about it. On a fundamental level, what do you truly yearn for here? You yearn for society to think that you are superior to others and special. Because then you get purpose, then you are special.
So what can we do about this? Not much unfortunately. We have been conditioned from birth to want and value certain things. It might have been partly human nuture, partly nature. It matters not much. However, something to think about is the future. We are personailties, each and every single one of us. Personalities stuck inside a brain which has certain specs - like a PC, or "intelligence". On top of that we have a body, or a "PC case". The reason I am using these terms is to put into context that these things are changeable, replacable. Your genes that define you are only the ones that define your personality. Not ones that define your body and iq. And your personality while mostly nurture, the little part that is nature has no influence on your iq or attraction. Our personalities have been shaped by being looked down on by others, for something we cannot control, not by being unnatractive in itself. And this is a good thing. We see the world for what it truly is, quite heartless. However, simply because our looks do not define us - this means that with technology, with hope for the future, these things can be equalised, just like a PC case being upgraded.
Once that happens, no longer will ones be more valued than others by society, ones feel superior - feel special, simply because of things they cant control like looks or intelligence or being from the upper class, or being from the "master race".
And guess what. Thats a bad thing. An extremely bad thing for everybody on this planet. Because nobody would be able to feel more special than anybody else. It will happen no matter what, be it 100, 200 years from now. Most will die before then. However. We all have a chance. A chance to make lots of money, to be really special. A chance to say - "Look at me! I did this! I'm the only one that could! And its because of my personality, my hard work! If you don't do that. Then your life is truly worth nothing. Because you cannot have a higher purpose be it subjective or objective if you aren't special. (Of course this goes against pre-determination making nothing truly your achievement however you can easily mentally separate the big picture of cause and effect from the smalll one which is that you yourself did something, by yourself, without the help of others, without relying on looks or anything else you don't decide yourself).
Society is hellbent on throwing two opposing forces against eachother - the main character, who is special in some way - better than others, against the sad fact that there are 8 billion of us and you most likely aren't him. The main character being the only one truly valued by society, by western entertainment, and the fact that it is a completely unnachievable goal. Foids try to marry up, redditors think they are high iq - its all cope, cope because society values an unnachievable goal.
Thus again, my reccomendation is simple. You cannot do much about how you have been conditioned by the world. But you can gain a semblance of it. If you are a loser in your basement rotting away, you cannot in your right mind think you are special in any way - it is all cope. Look up stocks, become great at what you might be good at, make big bucks. Only then can you have any self-actualization about yourself. Because while yes, in your right mind, you cannot be "the best", you can still be "better" and know that this isn't because you are the "master race" or "high iq" or "blessed by nature with looks". This is you. Your personality, your achievement - your accomplishment in life. While only a semi-solution to the main character dilemma, the "value" dilemma that society throws onto all of us, you are certainly being better than those who get it artificially, by something that they have not achieved themselves.
