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General Life Update (So Nobody Thinks I'm Dead)
8 years ago
Anxiety and Indigestion are currently ruling my day-to-day, but I'm fighting it with dieting, herbal tea and a few other means. It's bad, but it could be worse. If you or anyone else you know suffers from an anxiety disorder, I penned an article detailing ten home remedies and advice that have helped me through it at the worst of times.
The other day I came across a Larry King interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson (great guy) about the afterlife, and King asked him 'aren't you afraid of not-existing' and Tyson replied with something like 'if you could live forever, why bother getting out of bed every morning,' and I realised that I really want to write a philosophical non-fiction novel countering such cynical logic, a sort of foil to humanist and nihilistic beliefs that condemn the notion of an afterlife because 'forever would get boring' or some other such closed-minded nonsense. The issue is that despite being a writer, that is, someone who throws up a gaming article once in a blue moon and writes (or wrote) creative fanfiction, I have no idea where to start in writing a legit book that I would want to publish.
Beyond that though I've got great ideas for fiction novels, like a Tolkein-esque high-fantasy fiction novel featuring anthropomorphic animals and a sci-fi novel about a high-school youth growing up in a future without video games because the son of the president died in a horrific accident involving VR equipment and lightning. Again, though, I have no idea where to start. You'll start seeing art of the high-fantasy main character next year, courtesy of the friendly and gracious
moodyferret. I may limit this one to FA until I 100% how to publish a book.
In gaming related news, I finished Shadow of War, AC Origins and Minecraft Story Mode and decided to reinstall Saints Row IV because leaping tall buildings in a single bound to Haddaway's What Is Love while collecting powerups is relaxing and fun as hell. Still, can't wait to play Battlefront II on the 11th, I get it up to three days early since I bought the Super Deluxe Ultra Mega Holy Shit Fuck You-Give-EA-Money-Now Edition. Also Sims 4. Oh my god I want to play Sims 4 so bad, but I intend to complete Battlefront II first so I can relax with The Sims.
The other day I came across a Larry King interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson (great guy) about the afterlife, and King asked him 'aren't you afraid of not-existing' and Tyson replied with something like 'if you could live forever, why bother getting out of bed every morning,' and I realised that I really want to write a philosophical non-fiction novel countering such cynical logic, a sort of foil to humanist and nihilistic beliefs that condemn the notion of an afterlife because 'forever would get boring' or some other such closed-minded nonsense. The issue is that despite being a writer, that is, someone who throws up a gaming article once in a blue moon and writes (or wrote) creative fanfiction, I have no idea where to start in writing a legit book that I would want to publish.
Beyond that though I've got great ideas for fiction novels, like a Tolkein-esque high-fantasy fiction novel featuring anthropomorphic animals and a sci-fi novel about a high-school youth growing up in a future without video games because the son of the president died in a horrific accident involving VR equipment and lightning. Again, though, I have no idea where to start. You'll start seeing art of the high-fantasy main character next year, courtesy of the friendly and gracious
moodyferret. I may limit this one to FA until I 100% how to publish a book.In gaming related news, I finished Shadow of War, AC Origins and Minecraft Story Mode and decided to reinstall Saints Row IV because leaping tall buildings in a single bound to Haddaway's What Is Love while collecting powerups is relaxing and fun as hell. Still, can't wait to play Battlefront II on the 11th, I get it up to three days early since I bought the Super Deluxe Ultra Mega Holy Shit Fuck You-Give-EA-Money-Now Edition. Also Sims 4. Oh my god I want to play Sims 4 so bad, but I intend to complete Battlefront II first so I can relax with The Sims.
As far as writing a nonfiction philosophy book goes? It's worth noting that a lot of philosophers prefer to write fiction for their books, and develop their philosophies through that medium. But I can point you to a few nonfiction philosophy books if you're looking for examples to guide your decisions about organization and the like.
If I could live forever, I'd read every book, play every game, watch every movie. I'd go mountain climbing, deep sea diving, I'd volunteer for space exploration to see the infinite wonders of our entire universe. The people who advocate that living forever would be terrible have no perspective. I'm sure Richard Dawkins is perfectly satisfied with his life, he's written books that have helped millions. Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable astrophysicists in modern science, he's leaving a legacy behind. Steven Hawking is arguably the most recognizable scientist of our generation. These people have the luxury of a fullfilling life.
But what about the impovrished african who will never know the taste of ice cream? What about the single mom working two seperate 9 to 5 jobs to feed her kids? What about the war veteran whose property was taken by the government? What about the 19 year old who wants to be an animator but instead has to take regular treatments for terminal leukemia? What about the student contemplating suicide because their peers pressure and bully them until their mental health resembles a shattered window?
There are infinite reasons to live, that life is finite shouldn't be celebrated. Every human being alive today could be someone great, but they can't if they're murdered, die in a car crash, during a war, from disease etc.
Thanks for the advice though! I hadn't thought about delivering my philisophical arguments through an entertaining fictional medium. I like that idea!
The Stranger by Camus
The Mandarins by De Beauvoir
Candide by Voltaire
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
Atlas Shrugged by Rand
Republic by Plato
Of course, there are thousands that I'm omitting from this list, but these are a few that can give you a good idea of how one might tell a story to express a philosophical position, in published works.
I'd prefer unconscious oblivion too.