Why are most people so paranoid?

I have anxiety. I worry about things. A lot. I suspect it leaks out in my writings at times. 

But even so, I tend to worry about things in my own life specifically. In general, to me it seems like people freak out about the most random crap. AI is going to wipe out humanity. The Metaverse is going to brainwash us all and cause us to never live in the real world. ZOMG! Covid is going to kill us all. Oh wait no, now the vaccine is going to kill us all instead and make us all infertile? Lol. Yadda yadda, blah blah blah, who cares. You can’t win. Everyone is paranoid. 

These same people were somehow surprised that Facebook was selling our data. I mean…duh? That’s kind of why it’s free. I thought this was implicitly obvious. We all have huge digital footprints, and the recommendation algorithms do have the tendency to pigeonhole us into bubbles. But if you recognize that, and notice when it’s happening, then you’ll be fine. 

It’s not actively malicious. There’s no boogie man coming to get you. It’s just money.

Seriously, just lay back and focus on learning something cool. Or develop a skill. Hell, just get really into a book series or game or TV show. But I think we’d be a lot better off if we learned to detach ourselves from pointless tribalism and moral panic, and simply focused on developing ourselves and taking care of each other. 

Is that going to happen, though? Lmao nope. People will continue with their bizarre tribalistic tendencies and keep finding new things to either panic about or fly into a rage about. My advice, focus on what you love and ignore everything else, because it’s just not worth the energy to care about. 

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