Humans are remarkable adaptors. It seems regardless of the circumstances, if we persist long enough, we’ll get used to them. Thus humans tend to become entrenched in our own status quo. This is a big barrier to global consciousness. Mainstream media outlets discuss local news and events, the communities we call home revolve around our city and state and country, and we are sparingly exposed to heterogeneous thought. So the status quo remains what we know, what’s familiar, and we don’t think of ourselves as one species, as one planet. We divide ourselves into groups. But beyond liberalism and conservatism, South and North, East and West, there is simply humanity: we are all human, we are all more alike than we are different, and we all want the same things. We all live on the same Earth, and it sure is one big beautiful amazing world. So it’s important to remember: we are great adaptors, and we can evolve our perspective. We can raise our collective global consciousness to think and act as one, for the betterment of the entire planet.