Some day you will learn how weak you are. Perhaps then, you will be willing to meet the world.
The million dollar question is what those expectations are.
Theory: The mind exists externally to the body. The brain is an organ for facilitating connections, not exclusively internally. Just as a smell can trigger a certain memory, so to can other stimuli affect the activity of previously formed connections. Should one enter into a similar mind state as those who previously contributed "memory" to the world, those memories become accessible to some degree.
Attached essay explores the progressive specification of language, in order to meet the demands of a growing and therefore increasingly complex society. Computers and the Internet have sped this process dramatically, to the point it becomes directly perceivable within a single lifespan.