by Caveman_Coder on 2/28/18, 1:53 AM with 2 comments
by smallnamespace on 2/28/18, 11:17 AM
- The death of Christian tradition and morality, which (despite its de facto shortcomings) provided a common moral framework and language that let people talk to one another
- The loss of meaning and one possible responsible response, which is to generate your own meaning independent of the morality of others. Note that this thinking helps justify both revolutionaries and reactionaries, since you are heroic for rejecting societal norms.
Jordan Peterson discusses Nietzsche in many of his videos, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgBuOQL1VYY