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My Vision for a Better Future
If we’re serious about addressing the issues we face, a systemic transformation of our society is required
It’s the year 2100. And humans are still here. Lots of other species too. In fact, the world’s biodiversity has been on a major rebound in recent years. The lands and oceans are in recovery. Nature is beginning to find its equilibrium again after being thrown out of whack by human activity for so long.
We, humans, had to learn a very painful lesson of what happens when we live apart from nature and take it for granted, rather than live symbiotically with it as all other species are able to do perfectly well. It took us a while, but we eventually figured out how to live in a technologically advanced world while still being good stewards of our planet.
We also realized we had made our society unnecessarily complex, primarily so those in power could stay in power. So we simplified things. And we created more decentralized systems that removed many of the intermediaries that made things less efficient and excluded many people by artificially inflating costs. In the process, we empowered our communities to take action in their own ways rather than try to apply one size fits all solutions to everyone.