"I suspect most people would find something to do, and chances are it would turn destructive. Some would turn to mischief, some would turn inwards towards self destruction, but deprived of all interest and agency, deprived of meaning, just about everyone would turn to whatever is left: social group politics."
Some would read Doc Hammer's latest missive on their work computer....
At school I thought that reading Camus would make me interesting to girls. It didn’t. Therefore I read Camus at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. I haven’t read Camus since.
This has little to do with your entertaining thought train, but it just needed saying, in the context of struggling to grow.
"I suspect most people would find something to do, and chances are it would turn destructive. Some would turn to mischief, some would turn inwards towards self destruction, but deprived of all interest and agency, deprived of meaning, just about everyone would turn to whatever is left: social group politics."
Some would read Doc Hammer's latest missive on their work computer....
Some data points to reflect on.
At school I thought that reading Camus would make me interesting to girls. It didn’t. Therefore I read Camus at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. I haven’t read Camus since.
This has little to do with your entertaining thought train, but it just needed saying, in the context of struggling to grow.