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> But it's crazy that a person can get this lost in life and become completely devoid of purpose and meaning.

People have been warning about it since the birth of capitalism and consumerism, although even the most pessimistic ones didn't expect we'd get so far down the rabbit hole, the internet sped up the whole process a thousand times.

The loss of meaning will be the greatest thing we'll have to fight against in this century, we're just at the beginning.

> I just wish there was an easy way out of it.

I personally think it's lost for a few generations, people who fall into the rabbit hole while their brain is still developing will have absolutely no way out.

What makes the system thrive is the same thing that destroys individuals, the group goal is diametrically opposed to the individual needs



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