There’s a lot of fear and fatalism present when people discuss the world’s outlook. It’s as if our society has resigned itself to what it deems the inevitable: decline, destruction, and ultimately demise.

I reject such notions of doom. We can change the world collectively through common action. We can reverse any wrong course we’ve started down. And we can impact the future through a belief that we are more similar than different; that together, whilst pursuing love and prosperity, we can contribute to the universe.