The General Collapse Of Meaning

Where exactly are we finding “meaning” and “purpose” these days?

I spent a chunk of October writing longer-form stuff, including ditties on purpose and belonging, following something I did last year at the holidays on connection between people. I’m kind of a mess as a human being: divorced once, don’t have many friends, seem to alienate or get left behind by lots of people, etc. Can be an asshole when I drink, which thankfully I haven’t been doing as much (or at all) recently. Beyond my own particular limitations, though, I do generally believe that we’re seeing less connection and less sense of belonging among people.

I’m not working a ton these days — some smaller freelance projects — and so I’ve been doing some job-searching, sending out emails, walking the dog, writing, and watching some YouTube. I came across this the other day:

The whole thing about “OMG The World Is So Crazy!” is a little bit “overwhelm” excuse, kinda like people hiding behind “Everything is so busy” (as they know every plot point of every streaming show) or…