If you aren't remembered forever you do not exist nor will you ever exist. Existence is the only form of individuality in this world. If an individual is never remembered then there is/was no individual in existence. Therefore average people do not exist; the people that go through life repeating the same life as generations past, or the billions of people on the earth that believe their story is special because they are "unique" do not exist because only the genius, and lucky some deserve that luxury. The average that play the same game their ancestors played have no place in history and therefore do not exist. The meaning of life that society allows us to answer has left us to believe that we can simply create meaning when we simply do not mean anything to the world as individuals. I believe that the meaning of life is a meaningless and empty question for us to focus on when the real meaning of life is to have a big enough impact on society that will shape the world and future generations to come.
(As I stated above) being average has no place in history; you can look at Einstein and how he benefited society, or hitler on the other side of the spectrum. Nothing in between; when it comes to existence you need to have a plan that cannot be replicated. An idea or product that will surpass and create foundations for whatever is to come after, yet you can not have something that surpasses your own name. Not many people know that Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci were credited with inventing the telephone. Unless our passions not only move through us but they move society as a whole they will only be passions to people without meaning; forgotten people. If we allow ourselves to play the role society has placed upon us by being a normal person, either giving up our dreams or dabbling in them just to play the game of a normal life by growing up, going to school, getting a job being a slave to the system then get married and have our kids take our place and replace us. I am not saying there is anything wrong with this, I just want to help people realize that they can have exist. Whatever people decide to pursue they should do it for the benefit of society in case in any event they create a foundation to be built upon for the generations to come.
(I will leave you with this thought). If you go down any street this is what's happening. There is some person working at a local convenient store going through day by day working and providing for his family only for his future grandkids to forget about him. By the time his grandkids have children they won't know who he was or the fact that he was even a person. Your grandchildren's children will probably not know who you were just like the rest of that society; unless you are able to do something extraordinary you simply do not exist. Anything you do, say, or think did not happen.
I agree to disagree
I think we need to have significance in life but
I don't think our life is about making impact on future. Rather than that enjoying today and collecting knowledege and be amaged every time we go out side .
Life is about living not showing That is what I believe
But if you don't exist does enjoying today and collecting knowledge matter?
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