https://xie.oskarsh.ru/tags/existential/ Recent content in Existential on xie Hugo en-US © Oskar Sharipov - 2026 - CC BY-SA 4.0 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:14:11 +0700 https://xie.oskarsh.ru/post/ant/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:14:11 +0700 https://xie.oskarsh.ru/post/ant/ <p>I smashed an ant. And nothing happened.</p> <p>I was a child when I saw the ruined life of an ant. Probably that was the ant. Probably that ant was an with a well-organized colony. Perhaps the ant had a family and a past, but now its future was cut short. You saw the body; soon it&rsquo;d decompose leaving memories and a bridge built from twigs.</p> <p>The brain was crushed, the heart no longer beats. You can think about any kind of afterlife but the reality is that ant&rsquo;s own self doesn&rsquo;t exist anymore.</p> <p>I smashed an ant. And nothing happened.</p> <p>I was a child when I saw the ruined life of an ant. Probably that was the ant. Probably that ant was an with a well-organized colony. Perhaps the ant had a family and a past, but now its future was cut short. You saw the body; soon it&rsquo;d decompose leaving memories and a bridge built from twigs.</p> <p>The brain was crushed, the heart no longer beats. You can think about any kind of afterlife but the reality is that ant&rsquo;s own self doesn&rsquo;t exist anymore.</p> <p>Have a look at your local average life expectancy numbers, adjust an age by your lifestyle and habits&hellip; And think. Do you believe that you will be remembered for your accomplishments? And after all, was the ant worried about its own legacy?</p>