My take away from the Jreg conversation is that a LOT of people find a (false) comfort in irony, sarcasm and nihilism, especially the younger generations. So much so that it& #39;s almost frowned upon to be sincere in your actions or ideas.

This is how modernity & #39;gets you& #39; btw, nothing is true or real, so why not just smoke it up and care about nothing, it& #39;s so lazy and obnoxious.

The modus operandi of modernity is simply to get you to find meaning in nothing but your most immediate desires.

I doubt I& #39;ll do an interview like that again. I cultivated Hermitix to be serious and sincere, to take all guests and their ideas seriously and genuinely become interested in them. I believe I& #39;ve succeeded somewhat, because the community is always open to sincere discussion.

My blog writing on modernity has helped a lot of people become happier and more content in life. The hardest thing is accepting that you can drag a horse to water, but you can& #39;t make him drink. Ones best efforts are to make it clear that those other options exist.