I'm thinking about sharing more thoughts and questions here. I really think that society has the capability to solve all sorts of things if we work together to share what we know, collaborate on how to solve problems, and coordinate the solutions in our communities.
I will get more statistics later, but here are some examples.
I think we live in a world where we can figure out how to get everyone access to clean water when they wake up this morning, instead of just two thirds.
I think we live in a world where no child needs to die of hunger tonight, instead of 8,000.
I think we live in a world where 0 girls need to be prevented from attending school today, instead of 30,000,000.
With all of the ingenuity and strength and determination that society has, I think we live in a world where these problems are solvable. We've done far more impressive things.
We've travelled to the moon.
We've travelled to other planets.
We've sent space ships out of our solar system.
We've mapped out the galaxy.
We've photographed the entire earth.
We've created the technology to store nearly every piece of information electronically.
We've created a network of satellites to make nearly every piece of information available to anyone with access to a computer.
We've created societies in parts of the world where less than five percent of the economy needs to be devoted to providing for the basic needs and the other 95% can focus on whatever society puts a value on.
With so much potential that society has, I think there is plenty of room to make big changes with only a little coordination. I don't think we need new laws. I don't think we need a revolution. I don't think we need the media to scare us. I don't think we need a war to stop the problem or to fix the problem. I don't think we need economic growth. I don't think we need more debt. I don't think we need less debt.
I think we need some one to believe in us and remind us that we have so much potential.
I believe in you and you have so much potential.
