/lit/ - Literature

I am a management consultant at Deloitte as it happens, OP. I feel similarly, though my daydream is to go and build houses for the poor in South America somewhere, or run a charity of some kind.

I do think that the idea of progress as being a good in all cases is as tenuous as the idea of progress itself. With the entrance of women into the workplace, the proliferation of degrees, and the unfettered spread of globalism and materialism, we now have an astonishing number of jobs which are really non-productive, or at worst simply busywork. I am probably distributist at heart. Largely decentralised government, guild systems, a return to craftsmen and local trade - a resurgence of crafts and trades in general - agrarian modes of life, the reservation of university for either clergy, doctors, lawyers, or else academics, and restore the old PhD requirements (eg Latin and Greek knowledge).

None of it really has any meaning now. One can argue that meaning is to be found in family life, but I am hesitant to pluck more souls from the void and subject them to a world I am increasingly certain is in the End Times. I was part of the last generation to grow up without widespread technology. Once upon a time meaning could be derived from work, and a watchmaker, cobbler, farmer or butcher could all feel pride in what they did. Now I sit before a pixelated screen for 10 hours a day and type numbers into spreadsheets, create PowerPoint decks, all of which have questionable value, while my company bills over half a million per month for my current project alone.

It is troubling and I fear for my soul, not least due to the detrimental effect money has already had on me. In the past I tutored children with serious behavioural problems and helped them get GCSEs. Morally I was sound. In the city, surrounded by excess and the upper middle class, I quickly lost my way, spending beyond my means, cheating on my girlfriend, sleeping with strangers and paying for high-class prostitutes in five star hotels. I am not quite so bad now that I have moved closer to the country, but the horror and dissatisfaction are still present, and, I believe, intrinsically tied to the futile nature of my employment.

>>21008997
>What are some cool books about ancient literature?
Ancient literature are cool books about ancient literature.

You are the first man to realize this.

>>17979618
Your problem is you want to make it. If you want to be a philosopher just fucking write philosophy. Academia has been a joke for the past century, post your shit anywhere online and move on. Stop trying to project the future bro, just write and think

The World ended in 33 AD

>>15546243
i know, it's simply that i haven't been there for a while and i'm kinda surprised that she still goes here daily. it's been months. must feel like pic related if the board changed that much.

Without suffering we wouldnt be able to break out of Maya- illusion, we would have no incentive .
>Suffering dispels all that is false forcing us to seek that essence without ever changing duality ; to find and realize our true nature experience endless bliss in doing so we transcend suffering ; uniting ones will with will of infinite essence(micro-macrocosm) to find effortless action in work beyond karma and sin.

>>27741
similar principle, just don't overdo it. caffeine is fine as long as you don't get jittery or dependent. if you're old or generally feeble, consider cutting the caffeine intake some, or at least taking a calcium supplement, as caffeine hinders calcium absorption to a certain extent

just be sure to keep it from interfering with your sleep schedule/regular functions, and you're good.
also, take it black or forever be pleb