If there are words that suffice to capture the violence and depravity and selfishness we see all around us, I want to know what they are. I want to capture the essence of this moment in human history, a moment that in some ways is like others that have preceded it, yet is somehow emerging as a watershed moment for me, because I’ve come to realize that the human race is just a more sophisticated animal that is evolving too slowly—assuming that evolution moves us toward some kinder, gentler, and wiser version of ourselves.
Maybe it won’t do that. Maybe it’s the opposite. Maybe we won’t get in on any of the improvements that’ll be hardwired into our future relatives. Or maybe that’s just not how any of this works.
We awaken every morning to news that disappoints, that frightens, that angers, that chips away at hope and has us rolling our eyes. We are made to feel that we’re on a path to inevitable ruin, but that, somehow, we still have time to make things right, to change course. It’s just a matter of will…
But of course it’s more than that. It’s a matter of leadership and courage, of rational behavior, of making better choices. A matter of enough people being both satisfied and unsatisfied with how life is going, freed from the curse of pride and self-indulgence, from the draining rigors of basic survival, and energized by the possibilities of an honorable cause, a vision enough of us can agree is worth pursuing.
Man, I am rambling. Lots of words but not much being said.
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