I plan for the future because the probabilities make it likely that I'll be around in 25 years. > "I'd be a fool to waste your brief time in the universe" To

I plan for the future because the probabilities make it likely that I'll be around in 25 years. > "I'd be a fool to waste your brief time in the universe" To me that means the odds of me existing are so small that out of personal curiosity I want to appreciate it. > It's a fluke and nothing you do during your time here matters at all because you yourself don't matter at all. Yep - nothing I do one way or the other will meaningfully affect the universe or it's future, only the people/society around me that I care about. Odds are 100 years from now I'll be utterly forgotten. > so why pretend that doing good and spending your time wisely is important? Treat others as you would treat yourself, I treat people well in the hope/expectation they'll do the same, I care about the environment because I don't want my step-son or other kids his age to grow up in a world worse than I did.