{"id":32094,"date":"2020-06-30T02:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T07:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=32094"},"modified":"2020-06-30T02:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T07:27:33","slug":"the-alien-observer-craving-predictability-in-a-world-gone-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=32094","title":{"rendered":"The Alien Observer: Craving predictability in a world gone mad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32103\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People all around me seem angry and agitated lately in ways that they don\u2019t even seem to fully understand. I\u2019ve realized lately that I\u2019ve felt something very much like what existential philosophers called existential angst or dread.<\/p>\n<p>It seems as though we have more choices than ever, but we have less confidence than ever before in our ability to make the right choices. I suggest that we\u2019re feeling these ways because we\u2019re focused on the wrong things in life.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. The Alien Observer is available by free subscription from all the major podcast directories. 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