So what? Two terms that deflating significance like popping balloons: the ultimate dismissal. Teens use it as rebellion against adult concern. You didn't pass the exam. Then what? Philosophers handle it more deliberately, wondering if what looks to be urgent actually matters.
What if I am unlike? Then what if I falter? Sometimes liberation is so what? rejecting to give little setbacks disastrous significance. The presentation failed; so what? You will donate again. Also may be hazardous indifference. Poverty, inequality, climate change—so what? Turns moral abdication, pretending problems vanish if we cease caring.
Wisdom disguised as apathy. Five years from now will this still matter? So what? Cuts noise, challenges us to validate our fears, demonstrate that our worries merit the emotional real estate they're claiming. Sometimes the truthful response is: nothing. And also, that is okay.