Yeah exactly. Life without a mountain to climb would just feel meaningless. But maybe we will be able to simulate that

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Like levelling up a video game character.

But at the end of the day for me it is hard not to be left feeling empty from these activities. You know fundamentally they are not “real”.

That is why there is so much sense of meaninglessness in our world.

This is reminding me of The Unibomber Manifesto - Industrial Society and Its Future. He talks a lot about how in our modern world people cling to what he calls surrogate activities and many of the problems that arise from this.

If you have not read it it’s a fascinating read.

https://dn790003.ca.archive.org/0/items/kaczynski2/kaczynski2.pdf

I agree totally. But I also don't want to go back to fighting wars 😂 I will check the manifesto out later