When I was growing up, there was a definite fear of Mutually Assured Destruction, which disappeared with the fall of the Soviet Union. On a more local scale, i

When I was growing up, there was a definite fear of Mutually Assured Destruction, which disappeared with the fall of the Soviet Union. On a more local scale, in the 80s in Australia there was a huge fear of European Wasps - you could even buy little plastic protectors for your drink cans to prevent them crawling inside. On a personal scale, when I was young I was scared of being different, now I don't really care whether I'm different or not. Fear is not forever. We shed fears left, right, and center. Yes, if someone is putting energy into maintaining a fear, it will sustain, but it's just not true that once we fear something, we always will.