Antinatalism and Depression
Channel: Anekantavad
Date: 26/07/2012

To the person suffering from depression: STAY CLEAR OF THIS PHILOSOPHY!!!!!

Perhaps the most puerile and arrogant video I've ever made (and I am known for puerile and arrogant videos), but in the face of the devastation caused by depression, I am willing to go out on a limb.

I do not pretend to be the first person to make these points :-)

It may have validity, and it may not. It may be the wisest philosophical point of view ever formulated, and it may not be. But it is NOT the philosophy for anyone trying to cope with depression.

I love whisky, but it is deadly to the alcoholic. Whisky isn't even the same THING to non-alcoholics as it is to alcoholics, and it is telling that almost every mythology of alcohol portrays the stuff as having two faces: one benign and joyful; the other hellish and demonic.

As someone who knows, antinatalism is the demonic side of philosophy, at least to anyone dealing with depression.