Book: 20260829 to 20260902, "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus

 

20260829 - THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS - 1

20260829 - Chapter 1 - An Absurd Reasoning - 3

Absurdity and Suicide

Absurd Walls

Philosophical Suicide

Absurd Freedom

The world is absurd. There is no meaning.
But we don't live because it's meaningful, or because that's correct choice.
We live to enjoy and have fun. At least, we expect to get some fun in the future.
Religion is critical here.
Can we just use the enjoyment from screens to comfort ourselves?
Not likely. Happiness is more about the future, not the moment.
We need to tell our genes that they will thrive.

20260901 - Chapter 2 - The Absurd Man - 66

Don Juanism

Drama

Conquest

20260902 - Chapter 3 - Absurd Creation - 93

Philosophy and Fiction

"Art and nothing but art, "said Niezsche; "we have art in order not to die of the truth." p93
We can get real pleasure out of art. Art shows the pattern of the big data of the real world.
Movie, music, and even computer games are the form of art. But art and pleasure themselves is not enough.

Kirilov

Ephemeral Creation

Of all the schools of patience and lucidity, creation is the most effective. It is also the staggering evidence of man's sole dignity: the dogged revolt against his condition, perseverance in an effort considered sterile. p115
If ASI killed all human in the end, should the author change his opinion here? Creation surely leads to ASI.

20260902 - Chapter 4 - The Myth of Sisyphus - 119

Appendix - 124

This book actually recommends Buddhism, which echoes with The Power of Now and A New Earth

Eventually we get bored with life. If Sisyphus think it's painful to push the rocks, the main reason must be boredom.

Live in the moment surely can solve this problem.

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