I share your disagreement with the original author as to the cause of the relief. For me, I find the modern day and age very confusing and difficult to measure one’s value to society. Any great idea you can think of, probably someone else has thought of it, and you have little chance to be important. In a zombie apocalypse, instead of thinking how to out-compete your fellow man with some amazing invention, you fall back to survival. Important things in this world, like foraging for food, fending off zombies, etc, have quicker reward, and it’s easier in some sense to do what’s right. Even if you’re not the best at it, surely you can be a great worker, and there’s little uncertainty that you’re not doing more harm than good… just don’t be stupid and call the horde. Sure, sometimes people do horrible things for survival, but if you want to be the hero, the choice is much clearer.
I share your disagreement with the original author as to the cause of the relief. For me, I find the modern day and age very confusing and difficult to measure one’s value to society. Any great idea you can think of, probably someone else has thought of it, and you have little chance to be important. In a zombie apocalypse, instead of thinking how to out-compete your fellow man with some amazing invention, you fall back to survival. Important things in this world, like foraging for food, fending off zombies, etc, have quicker reward, and it’s easier in some sense to do what’s right. Even if you’re not the best at it, surely you can be a great worker, and there’s little uncertainty that you’re not doing more harm than good… just don’t be stupid and call the horde. Sure, sometimes people do horrible things for survival, but if you want to be the hero, the choice is much clearer.