"Fear of uselessness" seems to be a euphemism for the fear of dying, both the process and the ending. I'm not sure there is a great answer here, so I'm just go

"Fear of uselessness" seems to be a euphemism for the fear of dying, both the process and the ending. I'm not sure there is a great answer here, so I'm just going to post the Alan Watts talk that brings some perspective for me. Alan Watts - Music and life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4 "[..] but we miss the point the whole way along, it was a musical thing. You were supposed to sing or dance while the music was being played".