>And imagine that they go away and there's nothing you can do about it. This strikes me as a rather strange way of looking at it. The only way there's nothing

>And imagine that they go away and there's nothing you can do about it. This strikes me as a rather strange way of looking at it. The only way there's nothing I can do about it is if I'm dead or seriously injured, and in that case there really is nothing I can do about it, so why worry? :-) The shift from "there's no Internet/food/water" to "let's start making progress toward resolving this" is easy to make in that moment, and there are plenty of people who have the skills and patience to make it happen. It might take longer than we all might like, but that's fine. As long as we're alive, there's always something to work toward, and always the ability to make some progress.