Consciously, I am fully aware that we could all go extinct by the hand of one of the many existential risks we are currently facing as a species.
Why would you want your subconscious to internalize this? Isn’t it better to be subconsciously happy and hopeful while you consciously make decisions with risks in mind?
If I am not sufficiently terrified by the prospect of our extinction, I will not take as much steps to try and reduce its likelihood. If my subconscious does not internalize this sufficiently, I will not be as motivated. Said subconscious happiness affects my conscious reasoning without me consciously noticing.
Why would you want your subconscious to internalize this? Isn’t it better to be subconsciously happy and hopeful while you consciously make decisions with risks in mind?
If I am not sufficiently terrified by the prospect of our extinction, I will not take as much steps to try and reduce its likelihood. If my subconscious does not internalize this sufficiently, I will not be as motivated. Said subconscious happiness affects my conscious reasoning without me consciously noticing.