How Good Could We Have It?

As an eternal optimist I don’t like to dwell on all of our problems as a species or as a nation, but rather on the solutions to those problems. Of course, one has to acknowledge and study a problem to solve it. Each individual problem has its own challenges and many problems also have common challenges as well such as a general lack of education or critical thinking skills. I would start any serious improvement regimen for society with education. The sooner the better because, education takes quite awhile to take root and bear fruit, usually a generation or two. By starting down the right path we could eventually achieve anything we wanted including:

• A well-educated population
• Sustainable, green economics
• Better, tastier, healthier, cruelty-free foods
• Beautiful environment and surroundings
• Universal mental and physical health benefits
• Faster, cleaner, quieter travel
• Just and fair Democracy
• High standards of living for everybody
• The end of large-scale poverty
• The end of mass crime
• The end of spam and aggressive marketing
• Full control over our personal data
• Much more free time and less tedious…