Fear is more mysterious than you think. Why do we know more about the moons in Saturn than we do about this emotion? Sure, the usual explanation is that fear helps us survive, that it’s just the fight-or-flight response baked into our biology. But if that’s all it is…then why do we celebrate it? Why do we actively create fear in our lives, not just once or twice, but again and again, like a tradition? Even scientists are baffled by this contradiction. Fear is such a powerful emotion that it’s a driving force that invents culture and shapes how we live our lives. Don’t believe me? Ask yourself: Why do you even go to work? Why do you go to school? Why do we live life the way we do? If you trace it back far enough, the chances are… it all comes from fear and fear isn’t just one thing. It comes in levels. And if the most basic level is about survival, then what does the scariest level of fear look like? But what’s weird is that, the deeper you go, the more you realise how necessary it is.