What will the future bring? So much news is bad - violence, wars, Ebola, political corruption, environmental degradation, poverty and growing inequality.
But there is another side. I don't know how much of the total energy of humankind is directed to things that lead to these negative, darker, outcomes, but I suspect it is a relatively small fraction.
Many people are devoted to making the world better. I especially appreciate people who work to understand how the world works - not assuming they know, or following some authoritarian teaching or another - but being open minded, asking tough questions, and objectively looking at data.
I'm grateful for people who are excited about knowledge, are creative and inquisitive, who want to ease suffering and improve quality of life for people, and who contribute to the health and sustainability of the world.
Today I was with a number of people who are passionate about science and sharing it with others, particularly young people. I can't help but share their enthusiasm and belief in the value of what they are doing, and I wish them well. It's easy, in the daily grind, to lose sight of the longer term reality that the only way to secure the future is to create it by investing in the next generation.
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