> the idea of it being "existential" sounds like hyperbole to me I was speaking more generally about people's emotional responses to threats they perceive as c

> the idea of it being "existential" sounds like hyperbole to me I was speaking more generally about people's emotional responses to threats they perceive as calamitous or existential. I've noticed that as I get older, the emotional highs and lows are less pronounced than when I was younger. Probably some combination of life experience, growing historical perspective, and an acceptance everyone's mortality.