Particularly the comment by Jakob Kraus reminded me that many people have faced imminent doom (not of human species, but certainly quite terrible experiences).
I agree, this post is good and the comment is also good. They all are in part about how to feel better in the face of doom.
What I try to describe here is a strategy for not being emotionally distressed while working on preventing doom, which seems different from the strategies other people have talked about, that I have seen.
I rather liked this post (and I’ll put it on both EAF and LW versions)
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PQtEqmyqHWDa2vf5H/a-quick-guide-to-confronting-doom
Particularly the comment by Jakob Kraus reminded me that many people have faced imminent doom (not of human species, but certainly quite terrible experiences).
I agree, this post is good and the comment is also good. They all are in part about how to feel better in the face of doom.
What I try to describe here is a strategy for not being emotionally distressed while working on preventing doom, which seems different from the strategies other people have talked about, that I have seen.