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What Has Existential Value?
What has existential value? Its contemplating nature, poetry, art, a philosophical contemplation. But i actually think this phenomenon is much, much broader. It's things like going for a swim, joking with friends, or having a wonderful dinner that are not just solving a problem, but seem positively valuable. The philosopher zena hitz has a nice phrase for this in ah, i'm not sure if it's in her book, lost in thought, she calls these the little human things. Like he little things that in every day you find a little space for,. That are forms of a sort of positive life affirmation. Even hobbies have characteristically that value. They're not about solving problems,