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What do you think the difference is between living, and dying? (voltage.vn)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Saigonauticon@voltage.vn to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've always considered the nature of living to be to grow, to become more -- and the nature of dying to be reduced, to become less. Sort of like taking the derivative of what you are, the rate of change..

This has the unusual consequence that when people tell me to 'live a little' e.g. with idle pastimes, it feels to me like they are asking me to 'die a little'.

What do you consider the difference?

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Living is the continuation of consciousness, dying is the cessation (or interruption, or –more liberally– damaging) of consciousness.

But more to what you're talking about, when they say "live a little" they mean getting out of your routines and comfort zones, which IS an avenue for growth.

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 1 points 11 months ago

Ah, bad luck -- I'm the philosophical zombie everyone's been looking for: intelligence without consciousness.