Alright, I can usually put up with a lot of worldly abuse, and I feel I usually come out as a better person. But in the past year I think I've heard about 5 different scenerios of major planetary tragedies that are supposedly inevitable.
I know life is fragile and should be cherished, but these predictions are driving me nuts. I've just accepted good ol' "natuaral cause" death (car crash, cancer, old age, stupidity) but am having trouble dealing with things such as antibiotics being rendered useless as viruses rage out of control, wars for water, the world's oil running out, meteors, blah blah blah, ETC...
So, my question to the people reading this is... how do you deal with news like this?
I'd prefer to take it all with a grain of salt, but I'm starting to fear it is all too much to simply give none of it any validity. I could disconnect myself from the media, but I don't feel that avoidance will do any good; especially if something tragic DOES happen, I'd like to be at least somewhat prepared for it.
Is it better to try to prepare for all the scenerios, or is it mentally harmful to dwell on it like that? Live for today, or prepare for a future which may not even happen?
(let me add that I thought of putting this in Tilted Paranoia, but I'd rather have the responses of people who may not be so accustomed to pondering things like this, as I am guessing people in Tilted Paranoia do.
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