There’s so much doom on social media right now. The environment is collapsing. The economy will crash. Civil rights are ending. Democracy is dead.

What keeps you going? Why do you still get up and go do what needs to be done when the world seems to be ending around us?

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    Fear of death.

    Like its either nothing. Which is in itself terrifying.

    Or there could be reincarnation, which is even more terrifying. Imagine being reborn in North Korea. Or if time isn’t linear, imagine being some enslaved person in the dark ages.

    Or being born in some universe that paranormal stuff are real. And evil creatures chase you all the time.

    Or being in a dystopian futuristic world where every newborn is implanted with a mindcontrol chip.

    Like nobody knows what happens.

    Thats the only reason I haven’t killed myself.

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        Oh, lol I tunnel vision and focused on that.

        Well I like watching interesting youtube videos about science and various topics. Movies, TV, reading SCPs. And um… obviously eating tasty food.

        But like depression is still persistent throught all that. Like no matter how much I enjoy. Like a dark cloud that just block the sunlight.

        I guess to answer your question: the possibility of future technology give me hope to keep going.

        Like we got a device that can fit in a pocket and instantaneously communicate to anywhere in the world. Most people in history can only talk to people nearby. I can just pull up my phone and talk to like the entire population that uses the internet, well… at least the people who use the same platform that I use.

        Who knows what technology we get in the future.

        Like you ever flew a drone? Its so cool to see the world from above.

        Like why traffic jams if we have flying cars.

        An hour travel can become like 10 minutes, or less.

        Endless possibilities.