Originally Posted by REßEL

Actually we're safer than we've ever been. Health care, standard of living, etc etc all contribute to us living longer healthier lives. We don't have to live expecting a good percentage of our children to be dead within their first year of life. Or losing wives/mothers before they're 35. We don't have to worry if we get a simple infection or fever.

But instead of being happy in our less-worrying lives. We create more fears to replace them. Whether those fears are founded or not. Crime, terrorism and even dust mites are bigged up into more of a threat to us than they actually are.

It seems we can't be happy as a species unless we have threats to worry about, whether real or imagined. (not even going to get into the fear/control angle of politics and religion who play on our fears).

I for one choose not to fear too much, and enjoy my journey through life until my time comes.