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> Existential dread is like the background radiation of stress for this era - the constant worry that the climate will change more rapidly than anticipated, tha
by burntoutfire 6y ago
> Existential dread is like the background radiation of stress for this era - the constant worry that the climate will change more rapidly than anticipated, that reified systems will collapse, that unrest and chaos will spread.
That's not existential dread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#Angst_and_dread https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#Angst_and_dread
- cmendel 6y agoExistential dread is not used in the sense of Existentialism but in the sense of existence. So rather than: Existentialism -> dread it is instead existence -> dread