worry101

There is software running a program inside the brains of people called worry101. Probably, considering humans have been around a few thousand years without Netflix, instead of planning entertainment, they had to seriously consider what might kill them – all the time. Snakes, dinosaurs, lava, floods, not to mention other humans coveting their collection of leaves and pebbles. The worry voices are often present, they might be interrupted temporarily but they’re not going anywhere. Things that are hard wired. People make illness sometimes because of it, even end their lives over it. The automatic voices in the head, at best stem worrying from survival concerns, at worst run amok in negative fantasies. In the class discussion they asked what was music good for and Natalia said it stops you from worrying. I thought she was on to something.

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