Individually I do not matter, of course. And the momentum of the ship is too great to avoid hitting the iceberg. But we can hit it head on and sink to the ocean floor, all lives lost, or we can strike it a glancing blow and maybe he have time to man the lifeboats. The difference between the two can *only* result from the collective consequence of individual decisions, because *what else is there*? Some individual’s decisions matter far more than others - like governments - but who votes in the governments? Does your vote not count? Of course it bloody counts! Even though your personal vote won’t keep Trump out of office. Our actions flow out and influence others. No, we can’t help the system we’re born into and none of us can save the world. But each of us is nonetheless personally responsible for *something*. 0.2 seconds is nothing globally, but thought about differently it is indeed something. That 0.2 seconds is multiplied by every being on earth. So if we multiply it by just the humans at 8 billion, it ends up being 50 life years of one person. Now you can’t totally eliminate your carbon output. But you can reduce it by say 20%. You just saved one person 10 years of global catastrophe. That is how you should be thinking. Oh but I forgot. *That one person doesn’t count,* right?