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Consider how insignificant your worries will seem to future generations in one, two, ten centuries from now. Or maybe you think we’ll destroy the world or some
by chatmasta 1y ago
Consider how insignificant your worries will seem to future generations in one, two, ten centuries from now.
Or maybe you think we’ll destroy the world or something, in which case that’s “chicken little syndrome.”
It’s hard to imagine we will regress in any meaningful way. That’s basically never happened, and even when it did, during the “dark ages,” we recovered – on a long enough timeline (which isn’t even that long) we’ve made exponential progress in every facet of life. There’s a lot to look forward to. Or you can be pessimistic about it during the few brief years you have in this world…
- bombcar 1y agoThe way I look at it - you can be optimistic and hope that your actions can have a positive effect on your life and the world - if you’re wrong, you’re no more fucked than if you’d been pessimistic the whole time, and you at least felt better during said time.