SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE?
Imagine. You're in a room filled with soothsayers of all kinds; the guy with the long, grey hair and beard who claims to be as old as the mountains, the chap from down the street who just got his unofficial degree in future-telling(after getting fired from work), the serial-killer-turned-good-because-something-changed-his-life guy. Basically every type of person you can think of who has the caliber to do such a job(I'd say it's more in the freelancing ballpark. But who cares as long as you're earning more than the average Dick and Harry? Or even Buffet?). Whom will you give the pleasure of deciding your future(predicting the stars in other words)? Them or you? Did they just stumble upon some broken cracks in reality exposing a fourth dimension that had a mental time travel machine left abandoned by some 22nd century robot? Yeah, no. They probably don't even have an idea of what's gonna happen to themselves.(Next time you meet one of them, ask them what you're gonna eat for dinner, and then eat something different purposefully.)
It baffles me how people are scared to take control of their own bow and decide where to aim but don't have a problem in believing someone who tells them where the arrow will hit. Take the aim, damnit! Arrow's ain't gonna move by itself. There is a fine line between considering everything blasphemy and surrendering yourself to everything. That's where you want to be. If someone tells you're gonna be successful, cool. Use it as motivation to work towards it, not as reassurance for the future and sit and do nothing. If they say you're gonna fail, don't give a crap. You're taking the shots, you're the boatman. Nobody except yourself is responsible for what's gonna happen to you. Except of course for the time when the zombie virus Elon Musk's been developing for years leaks and spreads causing an apocalypse. That's when you aren't responsible.
Coming to the question that puzzles all minds; should we be worried about the future? Should we be concerned? The answer is yes and no.
Yes, because it is absolutely necessary to plan for the coming days. If people stop caring then insurance companies will go bankrupt. And if you work for one then your days are numbered, Joey(or whatever your name is). But that's just one of the reasons. Other's include financial planning, educational planning, etc. Not going into that. Search the web if you want. But you get it. Not planning is planning to fail. That's for sure.
No; that's subjective to certain terms. When you worry about the future being impacted by other's actions, that's where you start getting out of line, my friend. That's when you go full Sherlock Holmes and start to deduce every possible permutation and combination in your mind. That is the point where the answer starts tending towards no. Because you just aren't supposed to do it. You can't control other's actions unless you are a mindless psychopath with a gun(Don't try it, please). You are ruining your life by thinking about it. And your future. If you're so concerned you better try not to waste time by thinking about it.
I apologize for not giving a definitive answer, but I guess there's multiple answers to every question in this world, right? Yeah? Nah. Except , "What is the powerhouse of the cell?". Yes. Mitochondria. That's what I'm telling in my job interview when they ask me what I learnt in school.
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