[[Meaning comes from connection]] > note the recursion: the meaning of a thing is defined by its connections to *other meaningful things*. This may seem circular or question-begging, but I think that's precisely the point. Few things are meaningful all by themselves; most derive their meaning from the things they point to. Of course, the buck has to stop somewhere, at some source of inherent or axiomatic meaning. In a religious context, for example, God is the ultimate arbiter of what is or isn't meaningful. Meanwhile, in secular contexts, most people seem happy to accept the premise that human life is inherently meaningful (or something along those lines). Those who insist on pressing further — e.g., by asking *why* human life is meaningful — must then gaze into the dark abyss. 意义只在连接系统内有效；本质上系统的边缘仍然会落入虚无的深渊 但只要待在内部就没问题。