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zedgeist @lemm.ee

1d ago

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Then remember that neither exist and do what you need to do to enjoy the present.
- .... and be depressed about that because you can't change it either
  
  That one gets a bit trickier. But, in my own experience, one can certainly change how they let things affect them.
- Presentism vs Eternalism
  (Scientists argue its Eternalism, you are already dead and haven't been born yet)

Who says I can’t be depressed about both? I can even be depressed about the present for a trifecta.

:(

not with that attitude.
every big change for the better in society was built by people.
we created the mess, we can change it. its not like we wanna change the laws of physics.

The future already happened because of Determinism. No need to worry.

The reason to be depressed about the future is that its possible to change it, but if you try to do so in any meaningful way, you will go to prison.
- Plenty of people who are doing something aren't going to prison, it just depends on how you define "meaningful".
  
  Yeah thats true, i meant meaningful in a longterm, preventing mass death events due to wars, genocide, climate collapse kinda way.
  You can do tiny things for those, but if you actually try to actively intervene in them directly on a large scale, you wont be free for long.

The serotonin pills aren't working anymore, I need one that will make me forget what "ecological collapse" means.

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