If you break this down into "light" and "darkness" and define darkness as just the absence of any light you can see where the depression comes from. Think of a

If you break this down into "light" and "darkness" and define darkness as just the absence of any light you can see where the depression comes from. Think of a lantern in a dark room. You are in the center of the room (the star below) the half way point between the lantern and the end of the room. So any step you take toward the positive direction, you are now surrounded with MORE darkness. + / [+3] / [+2] / [+1] * \ [-1] \ [-2] \ [-3] - i.e. start caring about animals and that's great, that's positive, but woah, at +1 you have more darkness now than at the zero point. Matias explains this well at 8:06 mark: https://vimeo.com/664874546 https://vimeo.com/664874546