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How bad is life? Well, pretty bad. I dive into some of the darkest philosophical takes on the state of our existence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist clothing:
👕 | Anti Natalist Social Club T-shirt: a12497-55.myshopify.com/products/anti-natalist-social-club-tee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Lambs to Slaughter – Schopenhauer
02:12 - Life Addiction – Voltaire
03:42 - Life Is a Mistake – Schopenhauer
05:14 - Don't Reproduce – Benatar
06:14 - Dumbing Down Consciousness – Zapffe
08:13 - Animal Suffering – Benatar
09:16 - Life Eats Life – Arriagada
10:57 - Fellow Sufferers – Russell
13:01 - Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Find other quotes here:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism
• en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism
• @pessimismchannel
Relevant texts:
• On The Sufferings of the World (Arthur Schopenhauer): en.wikisource.org/wiki/Studies_in_Pessimism/On_the_Sufferings_of_the_World
• Candide (Voltaire): gutenberg.org/files/19942/19942-h/19942-h.htm
• The Vanity of Existence (Arthur Schopenhauer): en.wikisource.org/wiki/Studies_in_Pessimism/The_Vanity_of_Existence
• Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
• The Last Messiah (Peter Wessel Zapffe): medium.com/after-us/the-last-messiah-930217041874
• The Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism (David Benatar): academic.oup.com/book/26703/chapter-abstract/195504756?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• Entre Infinitos (Ignacio Mayo Arriagada): rileditores.com/internacional/tienda/entre-infinitos
• The Free Man's Worship (Bertrand Russell): bertrandrussellsocietylibrary.org/br-pe/br-pe-ch2.html
Why Your Life is Worse Than You Think: youtube.com/watch?v=UXnBhLmVsdQ&t=1098s
The Vulture and the Little Girl (Kevin Carter): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vulture_and_the_Little_Girl
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
How bad is life? Well, pretty bad. I dive into some of the darkest philosophical takes on the state of our existence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist clothing:
👕 | Anti Natalist Social Club T-shirt: a12497-55.myshopify.com/products/anti-natalist-social-club-tee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Lambs to Slaughter – Schopenhauer
02:12 - Life Addiction – Voltaire
03:42 - Life Is a Mistake – Schopenhauer
05:14 - Don't Reproduce – Benatar
06:14 - Dumbing Down Consciousness – Zapffe
08:13 - Animal Suffering – Benatar
09:16 - Life Eats Life – Arriagada
10:57 - Fellow Sufferers – Russell
13:01 - Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Find other quotes here:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism
• en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism
• @pessimismchannel
Relevant texts:
• On The Sufferings of the World (Arthur Schopenhauer): en.wikisource.org/wiki/Studies_in_Pessimism/On_the_Sufferings_of_the_World
• Candide (Voltaire): gutenberg.org/files/19942/19942-h/19942-h.htm
• The Vanity of Existence (Arthur Schopenhauer): en.wikisource.org/wiki/Studies_in_Pessimism/The_Vanity_of_Existence
• Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
• The Last Messiah (Peter Wessel Zapffe): medium.com/after-us/the-last-messiah-930217041874
• The Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism (David Benatar): academic.oup.com/book/26703/chapter-abstract/195504756?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• Entre Infinitos (Ignacio Mayo Arriagada): rileditores.com/internacional/tienda/entre-infinitos
• The Free Man's Worship (Bertrand Russell): bertrandrussellsocietylibrary.org/br-pe/br-pe-ch2.html
Why Your Life is Worse Than You Think: youtube.com/watch?v=UXnBhLmVsdQ&t=1098s
The Vulture and the Little Girl (Kevin Carter): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vulture_and_the_Little_Girl
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
