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I thought about my occasional tendencies toward nihilism, and observing these tendencies in others as well, there often seems to be an underlying fear—a fear of putting oneself out there and maybe failing or otherwise being disappointed. And the nihilist thoughts—What does it even matter? Why try?—can be a cover for that fear, that longing, that wanting.
If we *want* to try then we *have* to, and we might fail, so if we tell ourselves there's no point/why bother, then we protect ourselves from (potential) failure.
What's the point? Maybe there is none, but it doesn't mean we don't have to do anything, have to do nothing, or that nothing matters.
The point is that we *want* to do it!
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