Dispatches

The hatred and rivalries that cause armed conflicts in our world can’t be stopped by one person bending all their attention and energy on them—we’re not superheroes.  But if all of us engage in doing the right thing to care for people, ultimately the dogs of war will starve for the lack of the hatreds and fears upon which they feed. 

One of the assumptions of most contemporary people is that if we have enough time and resources, humans will continue to progress and solve all of our problems–our hope is our ability to continue to show progress. But on the basis of the historical evidence, is there really any reason to think that humans can really make meaningful progress on the matters that matter most?