Brainstorming about Writing Project 1

     One topic I have been thinking about recently is the idea of Existential Nihilism and Optimistic Nihilism. These two philosophies go hand in hand. Existential Nihilism is the idea that, because of how incredibly large the universe is, all life has no meaning. In 20000 years, no one will remember who I was or what I did, which renders my entire existence completely useless. This is the basis of Existential Nihilism. Optimistic Nihilism goes one step further, but takes a much more positive turn on this entire idea. Optimistic Nihilism is the philosophy of accepting that Existential Nihilism exists, and embracing that idea. Optimistic Nihilists acknowledge the lack of meaning and use that lack of meaning to understand that, because nothing matters in the grand scheme of things, their life is whatever they want it to be. We have endless free will and because no one will remember me in 20000 years, why should I worry about how I live my life and just live life to be the happiest I can be and accomplish the things I want. I find these philosophies fascinating, because I can see how a person on either side of the spectrum thinks. I can relate to both existential nihilists and optimistic nihilists, because both of their ideas are very valid and true. I know for sure that I want to use a video as one of my sources for my project. I am planning on using either a video titled "Optimistic Nihilism" by Kurzgesagt or a video titled "You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable" by exurb1a. My second source will be from an online article that discusses these two philosophies. I still need to research and find this article.