Wouldn't we all rather have the possibility of finding pleasure and delight in literally anything we might encounter? … - Ian Bogost

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To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.

Ian Bogost

Wouldn't we all rather have the possibility of finding pleasure and delight in literally anything we might encounter? Instead of assuming that actually there are only these three things where pleasure and delight are possible. Like oh, it's television and socialization and work, and then everything else is the smoke I have to somehow choke my way through in order to get to the good parts.

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The modern world is very wealthy, it's full of options. It's not like "This is the land I was born on and I have to make the most of it, and these are the people who are near me, and so they will become my family. "

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I think a lot of the misery that people experience comes from that sensation of boundlessness, of infinite possibility.

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We don't like to think of ourselves as subject to the forces of the world, we like to think of ourselves as exerting that force.

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The universe is not particularly concerned with you.

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There's just an enormous vast universe of possible intrigue out there and why not pay attention to it? Because then you're not burdened with trying to find that meaning in yourself all the time.

Attention, Enormous, Possible, Trying, Vast, Why Not