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 # what the fuck do I know about anything anyway?

 ## freedom

 freedom should be maximized. probably.
 now, it isn't a "freedom at all costs!" kind of thing, because that doesn't maximize freedom.
 a kid that's given enough freedom to jump out of a window isn't going to get the rest of its life to have more freedom if it dies from the fall.
 so, their freedom to jump out of windows is reasonable to restrict.
 up to a point.
 as soon as possible, that kid should be taught about what jumping out windows would do.
 but not just told once, they have to actually learn it.
 so you need to be able to trust that kid's ability to learn.
 I guess to build that trust you would start with less dangerous things and test their ability
 to know when what they have learned how to do is appropriate.

 I figure this is a mess of thought and people will probably read it wrong because they're not me.
 heck. I'll probably read it wrong in a week.

 ## the meaning of life

 btw, if you think you need an answer to the question
 "what is the meaning of life?"
 the answer is:
 be a good person.

 now if only people would believe that answer

 inb4 "what is a good person?"

 I have my own preferences for what I consider "good"
 figuring out what it means to be a good person within the context of the life of the reader is left as an exercise for the reader.
 have fun. you've got a life to come up with what it means and live that way long enough to satisfy your goals for your life.

 ## afterlife

 I don't know and if I ever find out it means there is an afterlife.
 if there isn't an afterlife, there's no perception, otherwise that perception would be the afterlife.
 there's the "waking life" idea of afterlife, but surely there's a limit on how much time my brain could compress into my final seconds of life.
 there might be like a "final" perception that may seem to last forever, but that doesn't seem like it'd be similar to my current state enough to call it continued perception like I have now.

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