Better World
Commit to participating in building a better world.
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If we leave the job of creating a better world to others, we forfeit our chance to define the future.
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Most of us have a feeling that our world isn’t what it was meant to be.
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It’s also not very difficult for us to imagine what that better world might look like.
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An overall sense that 1) the world could be better and 2) that you could be the one who makes it better, is important if you plan to move forward. If you don’t believe that you can be an agent of change, then what’s the point?
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There is a phenomenon called “revolutionary optimism” that comes from being part of the solution. It’s easier to have an optimistic view of the future if you’re helping to create it.
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It used to be that envisioning the future was exciting. When I was younger, I would look at fantastic paintings in the National Geographic showing the kinds of orbital or lunar communities we might one day live in. People looked forward to flying cars, the “home of tomorrow,” and beautiful green cities. But lately, artists are rendering images of the devastation that will likely be brought by climate change, or deforestation or a loss of biodiversity. Certainly, we must address these problems and resolve them quickly, but just as certainly, we must have hope for more than just limiting the damage as we head inexorably toward a future dystopia.
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Commit to participating in building a better world.
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