{"id":2758,"date":"2017-04-09T00:36:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T00:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2017-04-12T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T03:44:10","slug":"the-wonder-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/the-wonder-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wonder of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The two lessons I like to give is<strong> first<\/strong>, we are insignificant and <strong>second<\/strong>, the future is miserable. Now, you might think that that should depress you but I would argue that in fact, it should embolden you and give you a different kind of consolation.<\/p>\n<p>Because if the universe doesn&#8217;t care about us and if we&#8217;re an accident in a remote corner of the universe, in some sense it makes us more precious; the meaning in our lives is provided by us. 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