A response from an audience member at MIT: When I encounter the unknown the first thing I notice about my reaction is my face. My eyes automatically squint a bit and I usually tilt my head up a bit. If the unknown seems threatening, I’ll feel a tightening in my …
A response from Ben Dwyer at MIT: When faced with uncertainty, I often try to control little aspects of the situation in order to facilitate a false sense of certainty. As humans, uncertainty produces an uncomfortable feeling that we go out of our ways to avoid. That being said, releasing …
A response from Matthew Cho at MIT: In general I am not so good with this. I usually try to distract myself or think through things, but this is sometimes counterproductive
A response from Cole Kingston at MIT: I think that environmental ethics are very important to the earth’s longevity. It seems like it’s hard for people to understand the importance of environmental ethics because the effects aren’t always short term.
A response from Andy Shin at MIT: When things are uncertain, I tend to focus on what I can control and try to do my best in that. Then I just have to have faith that things will be okay and trust the process.
A response from Lindsey Bjornstad at MIT: Immediately panic, but then try to calm myself down. If it’s something completely unknown and bad, I get the urge to curl up in a ball.Sometimes, though, if it’s the unknown that isn’t necessarily bad, I am quiet until I can know what …
A Response from Natalie Northrup at MIT: Not particularly well, but there are a few strategies I use. Most often, I let myself mentally envision what my life could look like under a bunch of the possible outcomes – which most often allows me to see that I can really …
A response from Karen Chen at MIT: I think that environment ethics are pretty hard to define because each “preventative measure” we might be able to take will likely trickle down to lower income/less privileged populations and further cement their lesser power in society.
A response from David Fang at MIT: Environmental ethics is becoming more and more important as we try to reconcile our impacts on nature with improving our own lives through technology.
A response by Allen Zhang at MIT: I cope with uncertainty by accepting that it is uncertain and focusing on things that I can control
