Published on 12, July, 2020
To be aware of it is the scariest thing in the universe --- If it exists outside our perception. Awareness that we are nothing compared to the size of the universe and our time of existence in this universe is less than the blink of a cosmic eye. Awareness that our senses are drastically limited to perceive the true nature of the universe. Awareness that any amount of scientific knowledge won’t be enough for us to differentiate if the universe is subjective or objective, that we're pre-programmed or we have a free will, that we are created or are we the result of some random events (or experiment). For me this is my broad view. At a more personal level what scares you.
On the practical side I am scared by ...
looking stupid and standing out
scared of not looking 'normal' at work
burning out and being able to function
fish (no seriously) have a massive fish phobia, even fish on TV.
More genrally I am scared that the netzeroists will try and change my life. Just want to carry on doing what I do now for the rest of my life. So thats unrestricted driving, flying and eating meat for 25 years. Loosing all that really botheres me.
Other people are entitled to a decent quality of life too. If everyone carries on doing whatever for the next 25 years, there are billions of people who will pay for it.
Yes, but realistically unless heavy industry / transport in the large / developed countries significantly changes its energy usage what we do as individuals won’t make that much difference.