Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
How bad is life? Well, much worse than you think. I dive in to why and how it relates to antinatalism – the view that it is morally wrong to bring sentient beings into existence.
Thank you to Conundrum and Ola who helped me with reviewing the script for this video.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-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
00:59 – A Life of Asymmetries
05:42 – Ill-Being as the Default
11:22 – Honey On a Razor Blade
13:58 – Quality of Life: Three Views
21:26 – Antinatalism & Our Lives
25:04 - Objections
41:09 – Conclusion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The World as Will and Representation Vol. II (Arthur Schopenhauer): antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/schopenhauer-the-world-as-will-and-representation-v2.pdf
Kids? Just say no (David Benatar): aeon.co/essays/having-children-is-not-life-affirming-its-immoral
Women with persistent genital arousal disorder – 'People hear orgasm and they think it's a good thing' (Guardian): theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/14/women-persistent-genital-arousal-disorder-orgasm-pgad-pain
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer – Studies in Pessimism: gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm
What Are Hungry Ghosts?: lionsroar.com/what-are-hungry-ghosts
Awaken Every Day: 365 Buddhist Reflections to Invite Mindfulness and Joy (Thubten Chodron): amazon.co.uk/Awaken-Every-Day-Reflections-Mindfulness/dp/1611807166
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
What Good is Pessimism? feat. David Benatar (unSILOed Podcast): youtube.com/watch?v=1_D--FKt4MI&t=7s
A Treatise of Human Nature (David Hume): oll-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/oll3/store/titles/342/Hume_0213_EBk_v6.0.pdf
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde): gutenberg.org/files/790/790-h/790-h.htm
The Last Messiah (Peter Wessel Zapffe): medium.com/after-us/the-last-messiah-930217041874
Pensées (Blaise Pascale): gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm#SECTION_II
The Human Predicament (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Human-Predicament-Candid-Biggest-Questions/dp/0190633816
Suffering (Thomas Metzinger): philosophie.fb05.uni-mainz.de/files/2013/04/Metzinger_suffering_penultimate.pdf
The Limits of Medical Paternalism (Heta Häyry): routledge.com/The-Limits-of-Medical-Paternalism/Hayry/p/book/9780415755696?srsltid=AfmBOoopgkGQx-l5ensHUFR2OA3ThItxtJjLxgT_XmkATgIWTcJhFHc0
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
How bad is life? Well, much worse than you think. I dive in to why and how it relates to antinatalism – the view that it is morally wrong to bring sentient beings into existence.
Thank you to Conundrum and Ola who helped me with reviewing the script for this video.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-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
00:59 – A Life of Asymmetries
05:42 – Ill-Being as the Default
11:22 – Honey On a Razor Blade
13:58 – Quality of Life: Three Views
21:26 – Antinatalism & Our Lives
25:04 - Objections
41:09 – Conclusion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The World as Will and Representation Vol. II (Arthur Schopenhauer): antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/schopenhauer-the-world-as-will-and-representation-v2.pdf
Kids? Just say no (David Benatar): aeon.co/essays/having-children-is-not-life-affirming-its-immoral
Women with persistent genital arousal disorder – 'People hear orgasm and they think it's a good thing' (Guardian): theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/14/women-persistent-genital-arousal-disorder-orgasm-pgad-pain
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer – Studies in Pessimism: gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm
What Are Hungry Ghosts?: lionsroar.com/what-are-hungry-ghosts
Awaken Every Day: 365 Buddhist Reflections to Invite Mindfulness and Joy (Thubten Chodron): amazon.co.uk/Awaken-Every-Day-Reflections-Mindfulness/dp/1611807166
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
What Good is Pessimism? feat. David Benatar (unSILOed Podcast): youtube.com/watch?v=1_D--FKt4MI&t=7s
A Treatise of Human Nature (David Hume): oll-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/oll3/store/titles/342/Hume_0213_EBk_v6.0.pdf
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde): gutenberg.org/files/790/790-h/790-h.htm
The Last Messiah (Peter Wessel Zapffe): medium.com/after-us/the-last-messiah-930217041874
Pensées (Blaise Pascale): gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm#SECTION_II
The Human Predicament (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Human-Predicament-Candid-Biggest-Questions/dp/0190633816
Suffering (Thomas Metzinger): philosophie.fb05.uni-mainz.de/files/2013/04/Metzinger_suffering_penultimate.pdf
The Limits of Medical Paternalism (Heta Häyry): routledge.com/The-Limits-of-Medical-Paternalism/Hayry/p/book/9780415755696?srsltid=AfmBOoopgkGQx-l5ensHUFR2OA3ThItxtJjLxgT_XmkATgIWTcJhFHc0
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
