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"In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us."

~ Carl Sagan

WilliamCharles 8 Apr 22
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another reminder that the human race is fckd. how many per day do we need?

Failure is not an option.

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"We shade our eyes and scan the decay. We know that this place, this country, this planet, is not the same as the last time we looked. There are more bodies. And fewer other things: choices, unlocked doors, democracy, satisfying jobs, reality, unplanned moments, clean water and a species of frog whose name we forget, community, and the trusting, trustworthy smile of a stranger.

Someone has been careless, cruel, greedy, stupid. But it wasn’t us, was it? We were inside, just watching. It all happened without us — by the hand of forces we can’t see, understand, or control. We can always go in again and zap ourselves back to a place where the firestorms and tornadoes and wars are never larger than 27 inches on the diagonal. We can do nothing out here. Why bother?"

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And sometimes it's hard not to be overwhelmed with "compassion fatigue." There's so many things to fret over, it is almost paralysing.

Why bother indeed.

The goodness in your heart will probably motivate you to do the right thing despite the odds.

Nobody could be criticised for being overwhelmed by the odds at times but we recover.

@brentan I like Banksy's take.

Yes indeed. There's something very likeable about succinctness.

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