I can think of things that make me angry or sad in a second, but nervous is different. I struggled for a minute or three to think of something. I get nervous in crowds sometimes, yet I can easily and comfortably sit in front of a classroom of students and be myself. I guess it depends on the crowd. I once had to leave a large department store due to the crowds and the narrow aisles and weird lighting.
I would have to say that technology makes me nervous. Given that every advancement in technology is used as a weapon–this makes me nervous. Our rivals and ourselves are racing to build quantum computers that can buzz through encryption in seconds. Along with quantum computers, I think AI makes me nervous also. Have you never seen the Terminator movies.
It is the more personal little things, however, that technology offers that I distrust and get nervous about. The world is full of scammers it seems. I get unwanted phone calls and emails and texts daily from bots and computers and scammers. I don’t answer my phone anymore unless it is a contact on my phone. I don’t open emails unless I recognize the sender. Even then, I don’t click on anything. I can remember when getting an email was fun. Now I get dozens of promotions and ads and scams daily.
My mind can quickly go to dark places when thinking of new technologies being used for weapons. This makes me nervous.
I think the nervousness comes from the fact that I do not trust the people in control of the new technologies. It’s a trust thing.
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