Thank you for this comment. I've had this thought so many times and you've phrased it more eloquently than I ever could have thought of. I grew up in a poverty

Thank you for this comment. I've had this thought so many times and you've phrased it more eloquently than I ever could have thought of. I grew up in a poverty-heavy community, where people often felt hopeless, and believed that everything was aligned against them (a pessimistic viewpoint). I then studied Philosophy and learned to try and be as "correct" as possible, and thought it was always the best method to try and be correct about things (a realistic viewpoint). After a while, however, I realized that some of the most successful and happy people I knew, and (I believe) in the world, are incredibly naive, and that this naivety and optimistic viewpoint played a large part in their success. Even if determinism/fatalism are true concepts and/or nothing matters in the end, you'll have the best life if you disregard those concepts and assume that anything is possible, and everything matters, and it's all up to you. Positive viewpoints, even if incorrect, can be empowering and create this positive feedback loop.