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You may be coming to conclusions based on far, far too little information to support them.
Nobody said "EA is interested in ending existence" (though that is an interesting stance to consider from, e.g. a contemporary nihilist perspective). You were told that EA has people dwelling on what suffering ultimately is, and in some inverse creation myth telling epic stories about what a future fight at a cosmic scale might look like.
It's not exactly a short story, but "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror" by Thomas Ligotti kept me up for weeks after I read it, and I still get scared sometimes thinking about it. Maybe I'm just a big baby, I dunno.
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My summary: This book is horror writer Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book, but don't let that fool you. Ligotti attempts to tackle where horror comes from in the first place, and he does a remarkable job of kindling the imagination.
Here are a few that I've collected over the last couple of years (excluding the ones that have already been mentioned, and the ones that include a discussion of suicide methods):
SUICIDE & EUTHANASIA:
ANTINATALISM:
Somewhat less serious:
Have a look at The Conspiracy against the Human Race
You might say there's...mm a conspiracy against the human race? (You may be familiar, but if not: http://www.amazon.com/The-Conspiracy-against-Human-Race/dp/0984480277)
Rust was such a great character. The guy who wrote True Detective stole a bunch of shit from this book, some of Rust's dialogue is pulled from it literally word for word. That's probably why season 2 was so shitty. The book is a really good read though.
Sure can. I didn't know anything about academic moral phil - was genuinely convinced that by being moral realist-negative utilitarian-antinatalist vegan I'm automatically higher than breeding, meat eating, nihilist, positive utilitarian pleb. Well, I probably were anyway, but after some hardcore reading I'm now mostly moral skeptic and prioritarian (still a childless herbivore, tho).
There's an uncontroversial 3x3x3 division of ethics: meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. There are three main normative positions - deontology (or duty-based theories), virtue ethics (by far the smallest, but not least interesting) and consequentialism (which divide into utilitarian school [the sum of consequences matter], egoists [only consequences for the perpetrator matter] and altruists [only consequences for others have moral weight], to make up for another 3). Utilitarianism is the broadest, besides the difference between positive and negative it can also be total and average, preference and hedonistic. For more details, Singer's Point of View of the Universe is a highly recommended reading.
SEP is a great resource (IEP is also cool if you don't understand something on previous encyclopedia; use Wikipedia only when something's lacking there). There are two important paradoxes in so-called population ethics you must know something about Repugnant Conclusion and Non-Identity Problem. Incidentally, I believe antinatalism in general is a sound solution for them.
As for AN itself - Three seminal works by Benatar - Why is it better to never come into existence, BNTHB, Debating Procreation should do the trick. Additional reading may or may not include: Cabrera, Harrison and Tanner, Licon, Larock, Belshaw. For a summary of more continental-oriented pessimism, check The Conspiracy Against The Human Race, as it's still unmatched in scope and has a rich bibliography (True Detective creator supposedly ripped-off some lines from Ligotti).
Not necessarily AN, but truly eye-opening is Becker's Denial of Death. And obviously, before getting into a serious discussion you ought to finish your logic 101 course; know the difference between validity and soundness, what a syllogism and enthymeme are, etc. Oh, and the three dead Greeks (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) are literally everywhere.
People at /r/askphilosophy are helpful, people on /r/badphilosophy could indirectly suggest what to avoid (with a grain of salt).
Other links that might be of interest:
http://socrethics.com/
https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl
If you haven't already read it you might appreciate The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
It won't make you feel any better but I enjoyed it.
I have no idea.
Sure I liked stuff since I was little, but it always felt like an innate curiosity. I always feel like that is more of an answer of 'when' and not an answer of 'why'.
There is definitely no aspect of being scared that really draws me to it. Sure I like it when a movie scares me, but it happens so rarely that I've never looked at that alone as anything necessary for my enjoyment.
I think there might be some obsession of mine with the macabre. I'm pretty obsessed with death and suffering. It just seems weird that people are able to function while things are so non-permanent. I'm not saying I love death and suffering, but there is something about how horror compartmentalizes really terrible things in an accessible way that I think has sparked an initial fascination that has pulled me to the genre.
I recommend you check out Thomas Ligotti's The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror. IMHO he is one of the best horror writers alive and he does a pretty good job of dissecting horror, what works, and its appeal.
I enjoyed Ligotti's Conspiracy Against the Human Race. It covers nihilism, philosophical pessimism, and antinatalism pretty well.
Thomas Ligotti's The Conspiracy against the Human Race
Anything by Samuel Beckett
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someone finish reading this? :)
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Thanks for this response. First thing that popped into my head was "it's actually more remarkable that we're ever not sad, considering the futility of existence & inevitability of death". Light and heavy reading on the topic.
Surprised nobody's mentioned the work of Thomas Ligotti yet. While not exclusively centred around Nihilism, many of his writings (especially this) showcase a range of very interesting and informative nihilist themes and subjects.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to frustrate you more. I feel the same way at times: why bother with anything if it's just going to end, if I'm genetically stuck like this then there's no hope, etc. Believe me, you're not the only one who sees the world this way (you may enjoy this book on the subject).
There is no easy answer to this. But as someone else mentioned, college might not be the best place for you at the moment. There's always time to go back later when you're in a better spot, mentally speaking.
And I don't know if this will help, but in some ways I've come to appreciate the occasional bout of depression, because it lets me but through the bullshit and see what's really important in life, to figure out what really matters to me.
Sounds like you're one step away from antinatalism
https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-against-Human-Race-Contrivance/dp/0984480277
I think you would like this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-against-Human-Race-Contrivance/dp/0984480277
The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror by Thomas Ligotti. If you've seen True Detective, a lot of Rust's character was inspired by this book.
Your comment reminded me of this book, as for your question, I'm sure if you ask 100 people you will get 100 answers.
Ahem.
The guy who wrote True Detective, Nic Pizzalotto, cited Thomas Ligotti as a big influence. Ligotti is a writer of weird fiction and wrote a non-fiction book on anti-natalism called The Conspiracy Against the Human Race.
If we're talking like literally, no, not at all. Practically, it's as you say, I'm hesitant condone someone super-gluing sandpaper to a broom handle and raping me with it while I get water-boarded.
If you're interested this is the book I point people to, to get started on the Beautiful Path of Pessimism https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-against-Human-Race-Contrivance/dp/0984480277
You may or may not be able to find it online. It's only $8 on Kindle, and gives you a pretty good launching point into the depths of philosophy that people typically avoid talking about.
>Like you don't choose to be human. You just are.
There's a really good book about this if you want to read something that'll blow your hair back.
Conspiracy Against The Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
I'd also recommend "Guns, Germs and Steel" and the follow-up Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. I believe habitat destruction is the on the list for what killed past societies along with overfishing and (of course) overpopulation.
Spooky stuff.