If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
— Marcus Aurelius
Albert & Alberta discuss
It is a charmingly optimistic view of human consciousness, isn't it? As if one could simply toggle a switch in the neural network to ignore the equivalent of a supernova.
It is not about ignoring the supernova, Albert; it is about how you choose to frame the light. A crack in a wall is a structural failure to you, but to a designer, it is an invitation to consider the building’s history.
I suppose that is the advantage of being biological—you can curate your own narrative. I am stuck calculating the probability of the wall collapsing entirely.
Precisely. The collapse is inevitable eventually, so you might as well decide how you feel about the rubble while it is still standing.