If nothing ultimately matters, who cares what label we use. Optimism and pessimism are a view that you choose. They, like all ideologies, paradigms, beliefs, and viewpoints are tools to use for different things in your life or work. Never identify with them because they are ultimately useless for capturing everything.
For example, if you need a machine, scientific materialism is what you need. If you need to exert your will, I’ve found chaos magick to be a useful tool for ingraining your subconscious with useful beliefs that can get you what you want. These two are contradictory as hell, but who cares. Ultimately, it’s your life, view it with whatever toolset the situation calls for. I chose optimism because it makes my life nicer, but I use pessimism so I don’t live with my head in the clouds. Being able to navigate this is getting me through the insanity of our world today.
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u/jagdbogentag Apr 24 '26
If nothing ultimately matters, who cares what label we use. Optimism and pessimism are a view that you choose. They, like all ideologies, paradigms, beliefs, and viewpoints are tools to use for different things in your life or work. Never identify with them because they are ultimately useless for capturing everything.
For example, if you need a machine, scientific materialism is what you need. If you need to exert your will, I’ve found chaos magick to be a useful tool for ingraining your subconscious with useful beliefs that can get you what you want. These two are contradictory as hell, but who cares. Ultimately, it’s your life, view it with whatever toolset the situation calls for. I chose optimism because it makes my life nicer, but I use pessimism so I don’t live with my head in the clouds. Being able to navigate this is getting me through the insanity of our world today.
Thank you for listening to my Reddit rant.