Every. Damned. Day.

Just trying to be a good person is pretty tough sometimes. People take advantage. It sucks.

I am more enthusiastic about that are already people living now that will see the year 2100.

It’s not that hard to leave a significant positive legacy. It only needs to be person-sized. Did you have one pretty good child? Congratulations, you did it! Did you have, like, three good friends? Give yourself a big ol’ check.

These aren’t easy, but they aren’t in general un-do-able.

Not really. It would be cool to leave a mark on the world, but once I’m dead, I won’t be around to care.

I thought about this a lot and I’m pretty burnt out at all the horrible shit I’ve seen so I don’t really fear death but like everyone else I obviously don’t want it to be horrible. That being said as an agnostic I think that living a life where you do your best to be a good person is a more powerful legacy than you realize. Billions of people caring about eachother and doing their best makes a huge impact on the future. Sure we have fun learning about those who had impressive monuments built in their name or were leaders in some kind of movement but progress is multilateral and made from a million failures before a success. good or bad history was created by billions of unknowns and that is what really made up history and culture. We really have the power collectively to shape the future not as much with individualism unless you were born into privilege but with working diligently everyday to reinforce your values. Just make your little piece of the world better everyday and it will make a difference over time

What makes you think you can’t leave a significant positive legacy?

You can get involved with your neighbors. Invest in your local community. Adopt an orphan or volunteer at a women’s shelter.

There’s a million things you can do to make a significant impact. Every person you invest in is another person who can go and invest in others.

This idea that anything that’s below the national or worldwide level isn’t significant is a cancer on society.

There are people who lived hundreds of years ago who, sure, you’ll probably have never heard of if you don’t live in the same area as me, but who have had huge impact on the community. The same is true for where you live. I promise you.

Bring your eyes down, and look to make your legacy local. I promise you it’s possible. And I promise you that it’s significant.

Eh. Marks on the world are hardly ever single instances of action by single people.

Way I see it, if I can end up contributing in whatever small ways to better myself, my neighbors, my country, and the world through whatever small acts I can then I will.

I do what I do for the sake of belief in myself, and those around me, if something comes out of it then all the better, if not then better fail than never have tried.

I don’t care. Our civilization will collapse, the earth will become uninhabitable and the universe will die at some point. So whatever we leave behind ultimately doesn’t matter anyway. I try to make life as enjoyable as possible for myself and my GF and try to be a positive influence for my friends, family, colleagues and neighbourhood. When it’s over, it’s over and I’m not going to worry about what I’m leaving behind. I’m an insignificant speck in the grand scheme of things and I’m just fine with that.

No kids and no legacy to worry about sounds quite good to me actually.

Indifferent.

I’ve been through things that should have killed me.

I’m just happy the ride isn’t over yet.

Being stardust that can think about what stardust is, is pretty neat.

… Maybe I’ll try to make an apple pie sometime soon…

I do yeah. It takes like 1/3 of our lives to mature, 1/3 to do something, and the last 1/3 is to try to match the performance of what we were able to achieve before we wither away.

Lol, I’m probably dead in 30 years or less. I’m over half way there because of a major health condition I lost the genetic lottery on. It is what it is. I like to think I’ve raised a child capable of empathy, that’s all I can do.

No. I think too many people obsess about what happens after they’re gone rather than living their life to the fullest. One doesn’t need to make it into history books to leave an impact on the world around them.

The following is a story I was told as a child that I think puts some if this in perspective:

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference for that one.”

Not really. “Legacy” doesn’t mean anything to me as it won’t matter when I’m dead because I’m dead.

No. I’m here while I’m here, and I do my best to help people, when I can and am capable anyways.

There’s no stopping the clock, everyone has their time…

I’m kinda sad that I probably* won’t get to see how this story ends. Do we make it as a species? Do we end up in the Star Trek utopia, or do we wipe ourselves out with our own hubris? But I’m not sad of afraid of dying itself. My legacy will be doing right by my kids and hopefully setting them up to live better lives than I did, and I’m OK with that.

*If I do live long enough to see us wipe ourselves out that will be pretty shit, ngl.