Cosmic Insignificance Therapy
How our insignificance gives life meaning
3 min readApr 10, 2023
Imagine if every event since the beginning of time (roughly 14 billion years ago) was compressed into one year.
On this cosmic calendar, the Big Bang occurred at 12:00:00 am on January 1. The Milky Way galaxy formed on March 16. Our solar system took shape on September 2 and Earth formed on September 6. The first complex cells on Earth emerged on November 9.