Thanks! Noting your concern with conversations about meaning being about signaling: do you think that the “[...] and therefor are praise-worthy” comes from the fact that most people have a lack of meaning and do consider it important? Or do you think it’s just a signal that is no longer attached to the reality it was once (if ever) grounded in?
I can’t speak for most people. I tend to classify “search for meaning” in the same bucket as religion, in that there is an absolute majority of humans who claim it’s the most important thing, a tiny minority who ACT like it’s even a little bit important, and I don’t personally experience it very often.
Thanks! Noting your concern with conversations about meaning being about signaling: do you think that the “[...] and therefor are praise-worthy” comes from the fact that most people have a lack of meaning and do consider it important? Or do you think it’s just a signal that is no longer attached to the reality it was once (if ever) grounded in?
I can’t speak for most people. I tend to classify “search for meaning” in the same bucket as religion, in that there is an absolute majority of humans who claim it’s the most important thing, a tiny minority who ACT like it’s even a little bit important, and I don’t personally experience it very often.