/lit/ - Literature

>>19442624

>>16140685

>>15767812
Imagine measuring human civilisation by these metrics. I'm sure when we're living in the year 2400 and the whole population is wired into an endless cycle of electronic stimulation but our life expectancy is 100+ years due to the micro-managed nutrient balance which is tubed down our oesophagus you'll be hailing our progress and your little chart will be at its zenith.
When will you understand that the true substance for individual human life, and therefore for such on a large scale, is not in the quantifiable exteriors but in the consciousness of man - we all know of it, even if subconsciously, this is the 'decline' which is referred to.

Imagine looking at indicators like population, population loss, GDP per capita and how long people live for as the most important indicators for successful human life.
Absolute bugman hours

Should I start with Adorno or Marx?

>>13939360
catcher in the rye

>>13805512
>you mean, what he posted, verbatim, wasn't your very first thought upon reading the comic?
nice bait desu

as a matter of fact, no, the comic made me contemplate recent depressive thoughts i have had about fiction and humour, and how they are coping mechanisms and their use is indicative of maladjustment, and life would be better without them. i also thought about how the guy turns from the red chaos to the blue tardis like he is going from the redpill to the bluepill. it also occurred to me that it was an extremely cringe and reddit image.

>>13805512
>the points he raised in his "analysis" had to be pointed out to you?
good point, people aren't allowed to say anything i've thought before, otherwise i should ridicule them.