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Let's say one day you stumble upon the most beautiful amazing thing. Doesn't really matter what it is. Just whether it can be shared. It IS a shareable thing.
EVERYBODY would love to share it.
There's plenty for everybody to have for free.
You invested nothing in it.
What would you do?
Run to share it with the world?
Share it with a select few?
Keep it all to yourself?
Try to figure out how to sell it even though it costs you nothing?
Or...?
Jesus loves you.
Let's say ...
The sad thing about all this is that the term "philosophy" has been degraded to the lowest level of emotional trash like "what would you do if ... (insert an inane self-absorbed situation here) ... ".
Philosophy is the study of existence. Not the speculation about human ego-gratification behavioral garbage.
Who we are and why we do things is at the heart of philosophy.
Let's say one day you stumble upon the most beautiful amazing thing. Doesn't really matter what it is. Just whether it can be shared. It IS a shareable thing.
EVERYBODY would love to share it.
There's plenty for everybody to have for free.
You invested nothing in it.
What would you do?
Run to share it with the world?
Share it with a select few?
Keep it all to yourself?
Try to figure out how to sell it even though it costs you nothing?
Or...?
No.
Human beings are irrelevant to the universe.
We can glimpse to universal reality but we can impose ourselves to it.
Get with the program.
Let's say one day you stumble upon the most beautiful amazing thing. Doesn't really matter what it is. Just whether it can be shared. It IS a shareable thing.
EVERYBODY would love to share it.
There's plenty for everybody to have for free.
You invested nothing in it.
What would you do? I've already stumbled upon it.... And "it" is not about doing anything.
Run to share it with the world? It also has nothing to do with the world, so that question is irrelevant...
Share it with a select few? It can't be shared (read: given) to anyone. It is a gift one gives themselves....
Keep it all to yourself? It's not mine to keep, as I don't really own it.
Try to figure out how to sell it even though it costs you nothing? Intangibles like the one I've found can't be bought or sold.
Or...?
I'm not entirely convinced the universe exists....
The sad thing about all this is that the term "philosophy" has been degraded to the lowest level of emotional trash like "what would you do if ... (insert an inane self-absorbed situation here) ... ".
Philosophy is the study of existence. Not the speculation about human ego-gratification behavioral garbage.
Of course it does.
Of course it did.
Several billions of years the universe existed without the need of the human intelligence need for existence. That much is true.
Basically I just enjoy it and have fun - frankly, I could care what anyone else has...
Now that I've answered your question(s), what would you do in my situation?
Ahhhh, the delusion and over-inflated sense of self is strong in this thread.
Not a single one of you would share, you bloody liars!
This is the exact same situation as winning the lottery. Stumbling upon plenty of a great thing (money) that you didn't work for....
How many lottery winners do you know who shared their entire winnings with strangers?
Yeah. Gotcha.
Let's say one day you stumble upon the most beautiful amazing thing. Doesn't really matter what it is. Just whether it can be shared. It IS a shareable thing.
EVERYBODY would love to share it.
There's plenty for everybody to have for free.
You invested nothing in it.
What would you do?
Run to share it with the world?
Share it with a select few?
Keep it all to yourself?
Try to figure out how to sell it even though it costs you nothing?
Or...?
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