Posted by pseudoname on October 10, 2006, at 16:30:15
In reply to Re: “Everyone should be depressed” (?) » pseudoname, posted by Declan on October 10, 2006, at 15:46:20
Damos / Phillipa / ClearSkies -- I hope this topic is right for this board.
Another thing Gilbert talks about is how people can blithely & routinely ignore truly terrifying, horrific things, like imminent death. We *can* comprehend how very, very bad it is, but we don't; we simply don't. I guess that's really where my subject line comes from: Everybody *should* be depressed because we're all going to die, and the sun will run out of fuel, and the Big Bang will re-collapse, and that's it.
We comprehend it perfectly, but most of us don't feel anything about it because it's not in our genes' interest for us to care. Our mental safety valves usually prevent it from being important. Unless we're depressed.
I feel my self-esteem deflating because I think I should've started this thread on another board.
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