If you look at things with a large enough macro scope, nothing matters. But such doggerel, conflating human time with geological time, is utterly useless for tackling the challenges of the present moment: not how to “fix” climate chaos and global collapse of civilization and ecosystems alike, but how to adapt to it with intelligence and compassion. And the best and simplest guidance I know is twofold: (1) use tried and true meditative techniques to let go of attachments and accept impermanence; then (2) get busy growing gardens, growing community, and growing awareness by learning and teaching useful knowledge and skills, by healing our broken landscapes as best we can with permaculture techniques, and by creating new and better ways to stay alive, work together, resolve conflicts, and defend against marauders and tyranny…and even if we fail utterly, to learn how to die gracefully. As the wisdom traditions of the world generally agree, the art of dying is also the art of living.