So, the thing about this is we are insignificant to the universe. Earth, humans, our solar system are all of no importance. We probably aren't even that special, and certainly not likely unique. What that means, though, is we decide what matters to us. We make our own significance. We choose to be kind and caring or selfish and vindictive or ambivalent and apathetic. Because we don't matter to the rest of the Universe, how we are to each other is of tremendous importance. It's a morality of insignificance, if you will.
If we are special and we are unique, then it is even more important that we care for each other, because us being unique means we're all there is in the universe that can care.
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So, the thing about this is we are insignificant to the universe. Earth, humans, our solar system are all of no importance. We probably aren't even that special, and certainly not likely unique. What that means, though, is we decide what matters to us. We make our own significance. We choose to be kind and caring or selfish and vindictive or ambivalent and apathetic. Because we don't matter to the rest of the Universe, how we are to each other is of tremendous importance. It's a morality of insignificance, if you will.
If we are special and we are unique, then it is even more important that we care for each other, because us being unique means we're all there is in the universe that can care.