Aren’t these just the classic stages of grief? There’s denial (thinking it can’t be true), anger and bargaining (various amounts of trying to do something, to lash back, to find ways in which maybe we can get out of it, save ourselves from the Permanent Underclass or whatever), depression (doom and gloom) and finally acceptance.
It’s hard to also say what is the appropriate point to stop. Maybe it really is all overinflated and we’re stressing over nothing. Maybe there really are things we can do to stop the very specific human culprits of this whole mess and not doing them is cowardly and lazy, not wise. And no matter how much one wants to be positive and whimsical, the death of all does sound like a somewhat depressing prospect. WWPD (What Would Pollyanna Do)?
Fair, though I think in general the direction of the process makes sense (e.g. that you might move through more turbulent feelings towards acceptance). My point was just highlighting that really this is a description of a grief process—one unusual in scope, but not too different from what an individual might face if they learn e.g. about a potentially deadly diagnosis.
Aren’t these just the classic stages of grief? There’s denial (thinking it can’t be true), anger and bargaining (various amounts of trying to do something, to lash back, to find ways in which maybe we can get out of it, save ourselves from the Permanent Underclass or whatever), depression (doom and gloom) and finally acceptance.
It’s hard to also say what is the appropriate point to stop. Maybe it really is all overinflated and we’re stressing over nothing. Maybe there really are things we can do to stop the very specific human culprits of this whole mess and not doing them is cowardly and lazy, not wise. And no matter how much one wants to be positive and whimsical, the death of all does sound like a somewhat depressing prospect. WWPD (What Would Pollyanna Do)?
The classic stages of grief don’t happen in order or all happen. They’re just things grief can cause.
Fair, though I think in general the direction of the process makes sense (e.g. that you might move through more turbulent feelings towards acceptance). My point was just highlighting that really this is a description of a grief process—one unusual in scope, but not too different from what an individual might face if they learn e.g. about a potentially deadly diagnosis.