psychology
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Some of life’s problems are solvable: you can leave a bad relationship or job, improve your health, or get better at managing money. Uncertainty is dierent. Nobody likes the clenched-stomach feeling of not knowing whether things will be OK – yet, as philosophers and psychologists point out throughout history, uncertainty is part of being human. None of us can see into the future, but that doesn’t mean we’re condemned to suer constant anxiety.