Have you ever had the feeling that you really have no idea what is going on any more? And, what is worse, maybe you never did know. Ever had the feeling that it really doesn’t matter a bit anyway? That it doesn't matter what you do or think or believe. That the world will turn, people will be born, and people will die, life in some form will continue anyway. That everything you have believed in, argued for, struggled for is not worth two bent pennies, and it never really was.

That is how I feel these days. Pathetic isn't it?

Our lives are as the blink of any eye, if that, in terms of the deep time of the cosmos. Our perception of the physical reality we live in is microscopically small, with very good reason, but it means our viewpoints are partial and radically restricted. Our behaviour, as seen from a distance, moves in highly predictable patterns and rhythms. We are as specks of dust on the huge and, to us, largely invisible tides of the cosmos.

It is highly likely that Homo Sapiens will become extinct. Extinction is the fate of every species. About 99% of all species that have ever inhabited this planet are extinct. How we achieve that state is open to question of course. We may do it all by ourselves, which I think is likely. There is always the chance of a cataclysmic natural disaster of course, like an asteroid strike.

So, - “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” King James Bible. Luke 12:19