Zero to 1: What is Meaning? Man's Search for Meaning
5 INSIGHTS
I.
We don't live in a world of neutral objects, but instead we live in a world of meaning.
II.
What we find meaningful determines what we notice and what exists for us.
III.
Everything that you know and remember is a part of your world of meaning. We cannot escape meaning-making; even deciding something "doesn't matter" is a meaning judgment.
IV. The meaning we give to the world and all within it shapes our relationship with it.
V. Meaning doesn't reside in things but is a reflection from our relationship with them.
2 QUOTES
I.
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anaïs Nin
II.
"Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become." Viktor Frankl
III.
"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1 QUESTION
Look at the device you're reading this on. Imagine you just discovered that while you were away, it was handled by someone who went to the bathroom and didn’t wash their hands.
Do you notice how instantly your perception and relationship with your device changed?