Why do you need hope in humanity? Society conceptually has an interest in making sure you have something to lose, because that's how you can be controlled. Weal

Why do you need hope in humanity? Society conceptually has an interest in making sure you have something to lose, because that's how you can be controlled. Wealth, family, honor, hope. Surrender to loss, and you have nothing to fear. The Earth will be lifeless one day, no matter nuclear weapons or climate change. The dinosaurs probably didn't feel bad about letting a space rock hit Earth; it just happened. Who am I to say whether they could have done something differently to not die out? Is it their fault they didn't have hands to build Mars escape pods? (Perhaps they did.) Is it humans' fault that we're greedy and dumb enough to burn said dinosaurs? Would the dinosaurs have scorched the skies too, if they had the dexterity? (Perhaps they did.) If no space junk hit Earth and the dinosaurs didn't die out, would I even have a brain to formulate this sentence and a laptop to send it to you? Perhaps this good/bad categorization humans spend so much time on doesn't actually matter. Sometimes chance and change are useful. We can't reliably predict the weather tomorrow; why do we expect fixing Earth is something in our ability? Because it gives you something to lose. A fight to unite behind. Change what you can change, and accept the things you cannot. The true nature of humans is probably much simpler than anyone makes it out to be.