"There is an important sense of meaning however, which comes not from naive universalism, nor from a hope that we can prevent tragedy, but from the knowledge that we sit between two extremes: eternal death or eternal salvation."

That contrasts nicely with a quote from another great essay "Web Design: The First 100 Years"[0] which was written in 2014:

"Grown adults, people who can tie their own shoes and are allowed to walk in traffic, seriously believe that we're walking a tightrope between existential risk and immortality."

For what it's worth, I am one of those grown adults.

[0] https://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm