Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "How to stay optimistic about the future | Lex Fridman" video.

  1. Lex, Let’s not forget one thing. We are all trapped in the present. The future never happens. Never happens. What we have been put on Earth to do is get through today. If, for example, before you go to sleep this night, you can look back on the day and say it was a pretty good day---then; you’ve made it. That’s all we’re supposed to do. So; what about all the stuff that ‘could’ happen. Well, a lot of it probably will, but a lot of it probably won’t. What we have to realize is that we have to turn the dials in this day and not say we’ll do it in a ‘future’ that only exists in our minds. Bring life back to the present and the Earth will continue it’s journey; live life for tomorrow and life will become the series of mini-skirmishes over all societies that we see as this day comes to an end. It’s down to us to choose which way we want to live: in the present which we know is real, or in some future which is only mental constructs that become dystopian landscapes because the majority of human minds only create what is most improbable and which causes the most emotional impact. Why? Because we’re human!
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