The Mattering Instinct

[prototypian]

I just read a book called the mattering instinct. It's a philosophy book and written at a pretty high academic level. It shares the idea that in addition to stuff like food and shelter, humans become either depressed or angry if they feel their lives don't matter.

I tend to see myself as not mattering and I even tell myself I dont matter a lot. I think that as our population gets bigger, the total percentage of people who don't matter gets larger.