Alex O'Connor
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2,073 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 25 May
Alex O'Connor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Most people say that it would seem a bit pointless now.
What's the point now in writing this book?
What's the point in having children if they're going to die 30 days after I'm gone?
What's the point in doing any of these things?
What will they still do?
They'll still do the sensory stuff.
They'll still eat.
They'll still have sex.
They'll still sleep, this kind of stuff.
But the typically meaning-laden activities of life, they would certainly be demotivated to do.
And it's an interesting thought experiment to give us some insight as to the fact that what maybe this means, that at least in part, the motivation for these actions in the first place is that they will extend beyond our death.
So, Alex?
I don't want to be difficult, but I kind of reject the grammar of the question.
I think it's what a logician would call an exponable statement, something which needs to be broken down.
You asked, do I know my own purpose?
That assumes that there is a purpose to know.
It's a bit like the comparison I would give is if I asked you the question, the classic example in logic is, is the king of France bold, yes or no?
Oh, well, look, I think purpose is having some kind of reason to act or be.
Yeah.
And I certainly subjectively am motivated to do things.
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