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Originally Posted by Severian

You have a lot more faith (or trust or willingness to go with the flow or whatever) than I do. In my household we work in the news, education and museum fields. We have close friends who are green card citizens. It’s really hard not to catastrophize because this all seems pretty goddamn catastrophic.

it's just the opposite. i have no trust or faith whatsoever

but i believe (oh looky here, belief just snuck back in, only it's belief written with a small b) that in a catastrophe it's much more useful to be alert and open minded than to believe exclusively in dismal outcomes

so yes, my eyes are open to all present and possible disasters, but also to present and possible opportunities. and my mind is for thinking, not believing, and it needs neither coddling nor terrorizing. it works best when left in neutral