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I have often lamented the fact that I don’t have multiple lifetimes to: - pursue all my interests deeply - to fall in love a million times - to learn every language and culture - to get to know every human deeply - to finally read all the books that I have bought that are collecting dust on my shelf

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Yet, perhaps it’s a feature (not a bug) of our lives. because if we had infinite time — would there really be an urgency to figure out a way to shove as much of this as we possibly can into one life? and live as brightly as we can?

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In case you are wondering - my answer is a resounding acceptance of our limits. accepting a limit is the first step towards creativity I need this limit to channel this overflowing of desire and love or the world into making one life burn as brightly as the sun

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I agree wholeheartedly. This is also the issue I have with people who make it their life mission to cheat death. This understanding is sadly lost on them.

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this is what makes everything so precious

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Think that's why arucard in Hellsing is so thrilled at conflict. He lived many centuries he doesn't die. He tried it all, at least in fight he still feels some excitement. I guess anyway, maybe one shouldn't use a horror vampire anime for deep wisdom. But imo he suffers from a lot of boredom.

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What was life? […] Nobody knew. Nobody knew the natural point at which it sprang up and ignited. […] It was the being of what could not really be, of what could barely balance on the point of being only with painful and sweet effort in a particular and feverish process of decay and renewal. It was not matter and it was not spirit. It was something in between, a phenomenon carried by matter, like the rainbow above the waterfall and like the flame. - The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg), Thomas Mann

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Two stories that go into that: Greg Egan's Permutation City, and also this audio short story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UxUS6bPiT8 Personally I don't believe that lack of time is a sole boundary for motivation. We have a very powerful mechanism that we've evolved for this too: Boredom.

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I think the finite nature of life is what makes all of those pursuits so meaningful! Constraint adds to creativity and deepens experience ✨

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Maybe we do. Many religions believe we are just the universe experiencing itself. We are one.

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not sure. the human brain has proven to pursue the uncertain.

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scarcity creates value. constraints breed innovation. perhaps we don't need more time - we need better coordination

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