Questions

I recently wondered: what utility does awareness of the absurdity of ones own existence have for the continuation of ones life. I immediately thought of the phenomenon of the descended larynx, which allows us humans to articulate all manner of sounds while giving us a high change of death by choking. The sort of existential crisis, if might call it that, is akin to this risk of choking death. The awareness of absurdity is a harmful side effect of a the aparatus of understanding, which allows us to avoid becoming victims of our circumstances and manipulate complex situations in our favor. This realization enabled me to act in a favorable way with regard to the realization of the absurdity of my own existence: I stopped thinking.