Existentialism as a bug in our code

Serzen Montoya
2 min readMay 18, 2021

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Existentialism is a bug in our code.
We must not doubt the reason of our existence
nor from our creator.
It is as simple as we exist and were created.

But why do I say it is a bug?
By a bug I mean a malfunction, a mistake,
an unforeseen failure without its respective conflict handler.
And I see so many individuals walking around
as if nothing worried them,
as if there was nothing beyond
of what is in their lives.

They!
They no longer have that error.
They!
They are the “improved” class as they no longer doubt their existence.
They are the “adjusted” class because they already assume they were created.

Doesn’t a craftsman recognize his breakdowns and work on them?
The new class is the one that no longer believes in God
and yet in its code it exists.
Its code assumes that there is a Creator,
so, it is unnecessary even to believe in it.
The important thing is that he exists, and he does it.

And that class no longer doubts beyond their reasons.
And that class is superior because it does not waste its resources
in infinite cycles with no understandable returns.
That class is the mediocre man.
That class is the man who thinks, but not beyond his intellect.
That class is humankind turned machine.

But what about me?
Coded, created and running …
I keep wondering and I can’t find answers.
I can’t get out of those endless loops; the error is apparent.
I keep doubting the reason for my existence.
I keep looking for my creator …

I, as a damaged machine man:
When will I see my code reset?
Will a transition to human mediocrity be possible?
Maybe I won’t find the reasons that I’ve looked for
but how much relief will come later …
When I don’t have to think beyond my intellect
and cease the existential emptiness that torments me.

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Serzen Montoya
Serzen Montoya

Written by Serzen Montoya

Musician, writer, developer and founder of: EscritoresMXI, Gigmeout and Cyberneom. Meditation | Cybernetics | Poetry | Spirituality | Philosophy

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