Sometimes I feel like whatever I’d do it won’t be enough. What/where I buy or where I donate seem trivial in the larger scheme of things. From extreme power concentration to world hunger. From climate change to AI safety. Too many things that I’d like to change, but I feel powerless sometimes. The feeling comes coupled with a sense of guilt of not doing enough and not being enough. Do you guys get this feeling too? How do you deal with it?
I do believe in the necessity of optimism in order to affect change, but sometimes hope is hard to cultivate. How do you guys keep your optimism up?
Thanks for reading my mini-rant.
Also, the meme is not OC
Just be the good example for others to follow. If you “give up” you consequently make it impossible. Lower the optimism in favor of realism. Also the world we live in runs in cycles, there is no change at all from a universal viewpoint. Everything has been before and will be in the future. It is just your relation that may change. By the way, the earth will get rid of us anyways. Very philosophical topic, there is no final answer.