why ‘meaning’ has any significance to survival and species proliferation

“Meaning” is relative to goals, and goals can be anything.

external ‘meaning’

?? goals can be external or internal.

What if ones goal is to be a perfect serial killer?

Seriously, using the term ‘thrive’ is like using a blank card that you declare anything you like to be written on it.  It’s a contextual term that doesn’t have specific meaning between contexts.

I’m still waiting to hear why ‘meaning’ has any significance to survival and species prol…[Read more]

a good clear detailed definition of thriving (especially when translated to say, insects or bacteria)

A state of physical and psychological health and strength.

Is it not very possible to have a meaning in life which is the antithesis of “thriving”?

One definition of the meaning of X is the way that X is relevant to one’s goals.  So, if one’s goal…[Read more]

Davis wrote:

how does it even make sense that nature is prone to and develops thriving when one person thriving is often based on limiting another person from thriving?

Natural selection is relative.

There is not a whole lot of thriving going on in Southern Sudan or Somalia…and these places, are a whole lot more similar to human history than ours is.

I’ve never said that everybody thrives, I’ve always said that everybody wants to thrive.

Strega wrote:

Thanks for Kiva, Reg. Good website.

Yes, I think it will be fun selecting. What a great idea !

”Without meaning, life is meaningless”

Have you found some cosmic source of information which suddenly says “humans are entitled to meaning”? MUST that meaning be inherent? Is it possible that most “meaning” in life is dictated by manipulative religions/ideologies/insanity? Perhaps the greatest meaning of all is what an individual objectively wor…[Read more]

I am sure they also want to thrive.

Simon, your “thriving” meme has sort of morphed into a false dichotomy of either:

1. People are compelled by nature to thrive

2. People are not compelled by nature to thrive.

Things aren’t remotely this black and white. There are thousands of consideration that go into human decisions and life choices and…[Read more]

@simonpaynton

”Without meaning, life is meaningless”

Was this statement worth the font it was written in?  It’s more fun to note that without Ruth, life is ruthless.

I don’t have an award for stating the obvious, but if I did, I’d be awarding it for that one

Thanks for Kiva, Reg. Good website.