Survival at any cost seems to have started out in America in the 60's and the fear factors were heavily ramped up by the government with all the Duck and Cover from the Cuban missile crisis. There were other things going on also, but government fear training seemed to have started in earnest then. 

The beginning of the survivalist movement, of bomb shelters for the family at any cost. Stock piling food that would never be eaten. The fear cycle moved from the government hands to those that wanted to profit at the expense of as many people as they could convince. 

It continued into the 70's and up to this day. Governments, large Corporations, and very wealthy people with nothing better to do, continuing to push the fear factor so people will obey, and spend, and look to others for solutions. They all ask "how much is your survival worth to you?"

People have been preparing for the end for a long long time, the end has not happened yet, one day it may, but why live in fear of tomorrow? If something should happen and it becomes a TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it) situation it will not matter how prepared one is. Survival at any cost will truly test anyone then. Until then people really need to start living for tomorrow.

> the value of survival is worth less than the cost of living as a vegetable, 

Deep..


Well I like the way you relate some things into real life events.


I guess one of the problem is guide to living.

Some people don't believe in delayed gratification.

A lot believe in the YOLO concept.

But I guess with time, a lot of people will see the difference.

I really do not know what to say.

Hmm sometimes in our lives, we might just ‘exist’ and not actually live. Some people actually go to any lengths just to survive. In Nigeria for example, many of the youths try as much as possible to migrate to other countries for ‘greener pastures’ because of how terrible the situation is.

>People seem far less optimistic about the future.

I can relate to this. The news said that electricity and gas are gonna cost way more in the not so distant future. Like... insanely more. And as result things like food and services are also gonna cost more. sounds fun...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymB4Ls76T8

Electronic-terrorism, voice to skull and neuro monitoring on Hive and Steem. You can ignore this, but your going to wish you didnt soon. This is happening whether you believe it or not. https://ecency.com/fyrstikken/@fairandbalanced/i-am-the-only-motherfucker-on-the-internet-pointing-to-a-direct-source-for-voice-to-skull-electronic-terrorism

The idea of buying a place in the midst of nowhere seems brilliant.

I know we need contact but I could probably survive with getting it once a month or so.

>My wife and I were talking a little after and she was saying that we should buy a place in the middle of nowhere and live there instead, just to get away from all of this nonsense.

Maybe not the middle of nowhere, but there’s something to be said for the outskirts of a small town a half hour or so from a small city. The small town to get away from it all, the small city for emergency services and shopping. As long as you have a decent internet connection, people with the right skill set can live just about anywhere.

>I do not want to be a living vegetable, so if something like that happens, turn off the machine and let me die
Lolz..I think price inflation is highly responsibly for affecting living cost.The value of survival is getting less important than value of living better life at defined cost.

I’m with you. 

So much is decided by fear and I really believe this is where most of our problems come from. Fear serves the momentary purpose of recognizing immediate danger or negative trajectories. Once the danger is identified, it just gives us wacked out priorities and leads to poor decision making when it influences our thought process beyond that. I think we should be encouraged to face the reality of death, decay and eventual irrelevance at the point of being deemed adults. It doesn’t have to be brutal or morbid even.  It can be expressed quite beautifully actually. 

My wife and I moved to an area of our state that is considered remote and the middle of nowhere. It's farmland all around us and the closest highway is a 30 to 40 minute drive. Surprisingly there is a small city twenty minutes from us, but although we moved to a small farm town, our quality of life improved dramatically. There are much more events in local towns for children. Today after my kids soccer game, there was a truckapalooza event in our town with hot rods, construction vehicles, swat team trucks, etc and a pumpkin festival with games, music and a tractor parade in the next town over. The libraries in small towns are packed full of events and everyone makes an effort to really get to know you. We ended up making a small homestead out of our house, and not only has our health improved, but our lifestyle. Moving to an area that is more remote seems scary, but it's totally worth it. The city life isn't worth it anymore.

 > many parents believe they would give up their lives in exchange for the wellbeing of their children. But, this doesn't seem to include the wellbeing of potential children, as people do all kinds of thinks that will impact their yet to be born children, even if they plan on having kids at some point.

While a lot of ppl can not treat him/herself the way they should for their own sake, how could we expect them to act on the needs of their not yet existing descendent? 
I guess it's because most people do not live a conscious life, mostly left with thoughts in the past, survive in the present, and careless for the future. I think if you are conscious, you will not survive anymore just live, the best way you could and therefor you will survive. Live with the knowledge of the past, and for the most favorable future. 
I'm far for being conscious, but i hope i'm on the way to be once. But still I do things i should not, just like the most of us... It's hard to say no for things thats cause no good at all, just moments of pleasure. Those moments what we think we need, but even afterwards.

So indeed its just surviving, surviving the moment at any cost instead of just living properly.

The "survive at all cost" is one of the many reasons people are doing anything for success these days. I just pray we have the right orientation towards the purpose of this life.