School 'System'
We live our life unsystematically. Yes, we do have habits and patterns of actions that keep our day to day experience sheltered from the chaos of the too many unknown and unpredictable things that surround us. Nevertheless, we do not treat our life as a “system” in the strict sense of the term. For something to be a ‘system’, it must follow some discernible, process-like actions that are intended to bring forth a specific, nameable purpose. A system is any network of activities arranged as such in order to perform a certain function. A system cannot be understood outside the notion of functionality. So yes, our lives are – however predictable – unsystematic. It would depend on how you take it, but this fact about our lives presupposes that which you might find hard to believe, that life is meaningless. When I say that, I mean it in the existentialist sense. “Life as meaningless” means that there is no pre-given motive or purpose for our existence. We came into this world withou...