this human obsession with predicting the end of the world or the end of humanity comes from an insecurity about our own mortality and a conflict in coming to terms with our insignificance as an individual in the scope of the world. even the most influential thinkers in human history are insignificant when examining the human population as a whole. the struggle to matter as an individual in the scope of humanity, especially in the scope of humanity's history, fuels much of human progress while, interestingly, being very out of reach.
the mistake is to assume that significance in life is correlated with recognition. if this is the assumption driving your life, the impossibility of your goals will disappoint you, or you'll imagine your success. neither outcome is desirable.
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