We haven't had a global war for over 60 years, despite having the power to exterminate each other we haven't, our life expectancy has doubled, we can cure many diseases and control others and we can immunise our children against illness.
We have free education, social security if we can't work, access to public libraries, the right to say what we want without fear or reprisal and can largley walk our own streets safely without the need to hire bodyguards.
We have travelled into space and have seen the Earth from above. We know that there are other planets and stars out there and it's almost certain we are not alone.
Thinhs are, of course, still not great in some parts of the world but - slowly and surely - we are pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
Maybe it's tiem to think about what we can fo today rather than worrying about soemthign that's failed to happen for 2,00 years despite things being much, much worse than they are today.
What say you?
2007-04-22
12:13:05
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