How to Be a Human

What makes someone a good human being? How can we live meaningful and fulfilled lives? That's what we're here to find out.

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On morality and objective truths

I've been thinking to myself lately that no objective truths exist. That everything is subjective. Especially morality. I've been moving away from the idea that objectivity exists at all, and instead thinking that maybe everything we think of as an objective truth is actually an illusion.

by Dan Levesque

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The Simulacrum of Romantic Love

There's something about romantic love that can whisk us off to another dimension and imbue our lives with a sense of meaning that we wouldn't otherwise get from a solo existence without love. And yet, there's an undeniable element to this ideal: that it's totally made up.

by Dan Levesque

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Nietzsche on the Death of God

Back in ancient times, life was simpler in many ways. Religion gave us a sense of meaning and morality. But in our secular world, belief in religion has been replaced by belief in nothing. And to Nietzsche, this is a problem.

by Dan Levesque