J’s Reviews > The Conspiracy Against the Human Race > Status Update

"The pessimist’s credo, or one of them, is that nonexistence never hurt anyone and existence hurts everyone. Although our selves may be illusory creations of consciousness, our pain is nonetheless real."

That's the core of my own existential torture, especially over the last five years: suffering and human consciousness. It's not necessary but it's also not going to stop. In fact, it gets worse.