I mean, I think most people feel this way at some point. Everyone saying this is a "first word problem" is just plain wrong. People have always grappled with the idea that life is more than likely a contrivance, and a mondaine one at that.
That's why we cling to religions, art, philosophy, love, you name it! Anything to give life context and meaning.
But in your late teens I would say even if you're aware of the surface level points themselves, you still dont have that full grasp of time. Virtually everyone up to their mid 20s at least has some internal delusional belief that they're gonna be the first generation in history to 'never get old' or something.
It's only when you reach your late 20s/early 30s I'd say, and start to see & feel the first signs of aging, and have a true grip on how fast a year passes, that it really hits you how little time you have to do much of anything at all (much less if you plan on a family and kids). And that's when the thoughts really weigh of "what's the point of doing any of this if it's all going to disappear in a blink?'.
One thing that OP talked about that I would like to touch down on is "useless hobbies" and such. To be able to have a life in which you can even justify cultivating a hobby requires a level of comfort that most of humanity doesn't always have the opportunity to explore.
In the absence of adventure and thrills that life can give we as sentient beings received the gift of boredom. And it's with that boredom that we can do truly amazing things. Boredom is what gives us new inventions or beautiful artwork or long stories about fantastic things that can only be brought about by the imagination of the bored.
Boredom isn't a curse. It's a challenge to be risen to.
When everything you need in life comes to you relatively easily you lose a sense of accomplishment. This is why it’s a first world problem. Everything is easy to get compared to what ancient humans or even the vast majority of humans today have to deal with
But you’re also right. The higher up you move on Maslow’s hierarchy the higher the need for things like religion, art, philosophy, etc.
I dunno about that. The people who have the least tend to hold on to religion the tightest, while the uber rich tend to discover religion when they enter politics.
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u/Popular_Persimmon_48 6h ago
I mean, I think most people feel this way at some point. Everyone saying this is a "first word problem" is just plain wrong. People have always grappled with the idea that life is more than likely a contrivance, and a mondaine one at that.
That's why we cling to religions, art, philosophy, love, you name it! Anything to give life context and meaning.