This is a real possibility and it scares me

just as the founding fathers intended

I'll put my opinion on this. I think the best life is a life spent having fun. Free will is an illusion, god's existence is unproven, humans are animals, so what's the point of being sad when you can be happy? There's no ultimate goal in life, and as such the best way to spend is for it to not be a net negative.

I'll write a more comprehensive post on my philosophy of thought and post it here later (if I remember to write it).