What is the Value of Zero? Zero is a number, a concept, a paradox. Zero is the nothingness, it precedes the beginning of something but it is also the void left behind after the end of everything. What does it mean in context of our existence? Our life? Viewed through the lens of modern science our entire selves, tangible and intangible, body and mind, matter and energy, form part of the limitless continuum of time and space. All of our experiences can be interpreted as the constant flux of matter and energy, the result of which must invariably be zero, for neither can be created or destroyed. If we talk about space, the vast ever-expanding nothingness that surrounds us, the space that we occupy in comparison, our cities, our countries, our whole planet infact is infinitesimal. Likewise, when it comes to the dimension of time, our short duration on this planet, our civilizations, the entire epoch of homo sapiens pales in relation to the insanely large timescale of the universe. When we consider the expanse of this universe, our entire existence seems so small, so insignificant that it can approximated to zero. Does it mean that our lives and all our achievements are insignificant? Does our conscious experience amount to nothing? Are we, zero? How does that feel? Terrifying? Or Liberating?
