Our standard of living depends on a great deal of the suffering of others. Most of nature is essentially a constant living horror movie for all participants, w

Our standard of living depends on a great deal of the suffering of others. Most of nature is essentially a constant living horror movie for all participants, which we just barely sit outside of (as long as food remains plentiful and the TV is on). So was the human experience for most people, most of the time we've been on this planet. Still is for many people. The truest understanding of conscious, mortal existence in this universe, and of the course of our species in it, may well be something akin to cosmic horror. Sanity and the ability to "function" in society mostly depend on temporarily forgetting these things.