The author goes on saying that certainty is an illusion, that people build calendars, timetables, make appointments, form habits and routines, set goals and stick to norms in an ongoing attempt to fight uncertainty. Using the pandemic as an example once again, he says that conspiracy theories proliferated at an incredible rate, becoming increasingly ludicrous as time passed because people would rather imagine something than to let it remain unknown.
Giving some tips on how to face the uncertainty, the author has come to a conclusion that we live in an unusual era in which we have access to more data than ever before. However, this information is perplexing and frequently leads to greater doubt. Mark Manson also points out that “this constant need to cope with uncertainty is strangely a 21st-century problem. The greater the number of opportunities and the greater the rate of social change, the more confusion and uncertainty that arises”.
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