worry more about future catastrophes as a result of malevolent agents than as a result of unplanned events.
Which makes sense to me, since the universe isn't out to get you, but malevolent agents are.
If the uncaring universe represents a greater level of preventable threat than malevolent agents, does it really matter?
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