Mark O'Connell in the 4/20 #NYRB on varieties of #antihumanism kills it. For ex., on David Benatar's assertion that life is always so bad, we'd be better off dead: "For instance: 'How often does one feel neither too hot nor too cold, but exactly right?' As of this writing, I will grudgingly concede that the room I am sitting in is a little on the chilly side, but not to the extent that I'm ready to succumb to cosmic pessimism; I can always put on a sweater." (40, 42)
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