Whats the point of continuing to live?

Question

Whats the point of continuing to live?

Answer 1

test yourself, or you will get bored..

i just went through a h**l of a year,i want to see whats next....

Answer 2

it beats being dead

Answer 3

*Is something always better than nothing?

Look, existence entails at least some harm.

Also, existence entails at lease some pleasure.

But, nonexistence entails neither: no harm & no pleasure.

Having some harms is bad for you, in some sense.

Having some pleasure is good for you, in some sense.

Yet, nonexistence is not harmful, so it is, in this sense, good for you.

Also, nonexistence is not pleasurable, but the absence of pleasure isn't necessarily bad for, either. So, either way it seems nonexistence is a better alternative than existence.

*At least, this is (like) philosopher David Benetar's argument for antinatalism...

Answer 4

what is the point to be continuously dead?

Answer 5

because who are you to get away with death? we live because death is the release from all of life's pain. that and life is interesting if you look at it right. life is always about perspective. the cup is half empty the cup is half full but either way you have half a cup of something. and something is better than nothing.

Answer 6

There is no point.  We don't choose to be born in the first place.  We continue to live for lack of a better alternative, since it's either live or die.  Maybe suicide makes more sense than we like to admit.

Answer 7

to see what happens and make the best out of your life;-)

Answer 8

The point of continuing life has more value than being dead.

Just like anyone (hopefully) will tell you. You can't see the value of life if your eyes are clogged with depressed.

Answer 9

Completing your goals and living a happy life. What's the point of dying?  

Answer 10

To take risks and to have fun, I guess. The good comes with the bad.

Answer 11

Sometimes its hard to see the point. And if you can see it, it usually makes no sense anyway. I just take my life as it comes and make of it what I will in that moment. That's only way it works for me.

Answer 12

There's no point at all.  That's the great secret.  It's drummed into us from the day we're born that WE HAVE TO LIVE, like it's the BIG NECESSITY.  And when we finally completely internalize that, life becomes a big burden, a drag.  When in fact, life is only valuable if it's freely chosen.

So when you really and completely get that there's no point at all to life, there's no big necessity to survive, you really don't HAVE to do this, then you experience freedom.  And then you want to live.  Life is fun, and meaningful, and beautiful, when you're free.

It's like, a game is no fun if you feel compelled to play, and to win.  If someone tries to make you play, the game becomes a drag.  But if you are free to play or not, then you want to play.

Answer 13

Because we don't know what the alternative really is.  Better the devil the you know...

Answer 14

Reese's Peanut Butter cups.