Absolutely, when humans were hunter-gatherers, we didn't know when our next meal was coming or what it would be, then farming made food a bit more reliable and allowed permanent dwelling, but knowing when to plant and when to harvest was important; Astronomy lead to advancements and bore organized religions. You may notice religion is heavily centred around certainty and always knowing what to do. Pretty much everything since then has been an attempt to control the chaos, but even as we are now, at any moment an asteroid could hit the earth or a nearby supernova could almost instantly erase us out of existence.

Control is an illusion we cannot live without, we don't want to be hunter-gatherers anymore.