{"product_id":"nihilism-the-emptiness-of-the-machine-9781983046315","title":"Nihilism: The Emptiness of the Machine","description":"A bold philosophical defense of existential nihilism based on modern science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen we imagine a machine, the result is always something close to a mechanical system that works by itself. It doesn't bother us to think that it's nothing beyond that. But how do we feel when we imagine ourselves as a machine? Empty. We have the feeling that something is missing. And what is missing? What's there in a human that is missing in a machine? Illusion. The emptiness of the machine is the consciousness that our subjective world is a fiction; the consciousness that our humanity is a delirium, and that there's nothing behind what we are living. We are machines, and our consciousness is a dream of this machine. Nothing else. Absolutely nothing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* * * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Great. I cannot remember the last time I read something so interesting.\"\u003cbr\u003e- John \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Divine essay, in a borrowed sense. It took me 40 years to understand this. A text like when I was 18 would have solved my search for the real nihilism. Worth more than the Zarathustra.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Jurandir Vieira da Silva \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Great essay. Special highlight for the phrase: 'It is preferable to live in a meaningless world to believing in a false meaning to the world, one that points nowhere.' When we are seeking a grandiose (and fanciful) sense of life, we end up giving little value to life itself. The act of living is the meaning of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e- André Felix \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In one word: great! More adjectives would be disposable.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Tom Carano \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I have it printed at the head of the bed to reread it a few more times. Great!\"\u003cbr\u003e- Julio Neves\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433994981650,"sku":"9781983046315","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49a1ecde-2ef7-4ffd-a1c4-ffd97228b85f.jpg?v=1729590869","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nihilism-the-emptiness-of-the-machine-9781983046315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}