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by unholyguy001 2554 days ago
Well, inevitably you die ?
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Exactly. From our perspective, entropy is inevitable.

And this is true on many levels. Like, it's easier to wreck a car than build a car. Generally easier for bad things to happen than good. For good things, (and to avoid bad things) takes work, and there is limited capacity for that.

Of course we seldom stop to consider the amazing luck and circumstances that put us here in the first place.

But why should we? It's only temporary and in the rear view mirror anyway. Going forward we have the future to worry about. And the future is full of pitfalls. At least some of which are bound to get us.

From our perspective I do believe reality has a pessimistic bias. But sometimes maybe we should remember this is only our perspective.

Optimism is about how you perceive how you will live in the meantime.

It's funny as "not better" is considered pessimistic.