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Why do you have to act? What impetus is making you do something, whether it be conclude about the crisis so you can put it out of mind or fly over and pump seaw
by jedsmith 16y ago
Why do you have to act? What impetus is making you do something, whether it be conclude about the crisis so you can put it out of mind or fly over and pump seawater yourself or something? What is preventing you from doing absolutely nothing and still not forming a conclusion?
This is the meat of the entire thing, I think, and those upvoting you are feeling the same way, so let's have a Robin Williams/Matt Damon moment, okay?
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING. RELAX AND WAIT.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING. RELAX AND WAIT.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING. RELAX AND WAIT.
This incessant urge to do something is making you draw conclusions early, too, and I worry that you're having a hard time seeing an alternate approach: do nothing, relax, go about your life, and wait for the big word on what's going on.
This isn't your fault, either. It's the media's, for setting an expectation of knowing about something before it's over and for moving on before the long-term ramifications are widely disseminated.