![]() Their only hope is to find meaning where possible with the time remaining.Ernest Cline offers one such picture of reality in his bestselling novel Ready Player One, describing how humanity in the future escapes from what Tomlin calls the “confining” nature of reality. ![]() The book’s characters have no purpose, no telos beyond the world. Reality comes to us unsolicited, and rarely meets our expectations. We are given this reality in which to exist, but we are not often impressed. Bag lady or not, Tomlin perhaps speaks for many of us. Those looking for meaning in life, well, keep looking. For those seeking a stress-free existence, it’s anything but. In her one-woman Broadway show, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin airs out her existential laundry, confessing that reality-as she knows it-isn’t exactly a great place to hang out. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle I found it too confining.” ![]() ![]() After all, what is reality anyway? Nothin’ but a collective hunch.… It’s absurdity dressed up in a three-piece business suit.… Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. “I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. ![]()
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