Volitional Nihilism: When Nothing Matters, Everything Matters

By: Scott, Ryan P.

What if meaninglessness isn't a crisis, but the baseline?

Most philosophies try to rescue meaning. Religions, ideologies, and self-help frameworks all promise the same thing in different costumes: that your life fits into a larger story, and if you play your role well enough, it will all make sense.

Volitional Nihilism: When Nothing Matters, Everything Matters starts where those stories end.

This short manifesto argues that:

The universe is genuinely meaningless-and always has been.

Belief is not revelation, but a biological strategy for reducing fear and uncertainty.

Identity isn't a soul or a "true self," but an ecosystem grown from repeated actions.

Meaning is not discovered or chosen in the abstract; it appears only as the residue of what you actually do.

There are no ten steps, no hacks, no promise that "everything happens for a reason."
Volitional Nihilism is not a new belief system to join. It is an anti-philosophy: a way of looking at meaning, belief, and behavior after the cathedral of inherited stories has already burned down.

If you're exhausted by self-help optimism, suspicious of spiritual rebrands, and no longer satisfied with "just believe anyway," this book will not comfort you.

It will do something colder and, for some, more honest:

Take away the script, leave you in the clearing, and show why-
when nothing matters, everything matters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G5Q7LZP5
• ISBN13: 9798277685587
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"