[totally_a_human]

I'm german and I remember people being pessimistic naysayers in the banking crash 2008, the "refugee crisis" in 2015, the "climate crisis" last year and many times before that. Apparantly a year without a near end of the world is a wasted one.

The single most appropriate quote in these times (it comes from 4chan of all damn places) is, and always will be: "Your impending sense of doom is nothing but emotional residue - there is nothing wrong. Even when something is wrong, nothing is wrong. You deal with problems as they arise, no big deal."

[fulafel]

There's one crisis in this set that's real and we're doing way too little about it (climate crisis). Probably the biggest harm from short term panickng about these smaller things is taking away attention from it.

[totally_a_human]

Exactly! Short-term panicking is the worst thing to do. I definitely think the climate change is man-made. I also think it is impossible to realy predict its environmental, ecological and social consequences on a global scale.

By listening to those, who try to nudge us into panic mode, we neglect calm long-term strategies that would improve our lives over time.

Imho, this applies to every "immediate threats" that are regulary propagated by (social) media.

[kiliantics]

This is the kind of attitude that causes the worst kinds of things to happen though. With no resistance, the people who want to take advantage of a situation will do so. This is what causes wars, this is why climate change will be our destruction.

[glouwbug]

Good post. I needed that. Thanks