One year ago I came up with a checklist for getting beyond today’s hot panicky topic.  In other words, how do you avoid the dreaded “echo chamber” of repeated thoughts.  I took another look at it and thought it was fairly good, so I thought I’d share it with you again.

Here’s a short exerpt:

It’s a fairly simple checklist, really.

1.  Did the sun go nova overnight? If you’re reading the checklist, the answer is obviously no (you’d be free floating molecules, or carbon residue, otherwise), so continue to 2.

2.  Did Earth’s surface get buried under massive sheets of ice, indicating the onset of an ice age? If you’re reading the checklist, the answer is obviously no (frozen people can’t move, eliminating your ability to get out of bed and do anything), so continue to 3. [alternate version of this question:  is sea level rising more rapidly than a snail crossing the Mohave Desert?]

You can read the whole thing here.

Have a good one!