It can feel like we have no agency when we follow what’s going on in the world. But we have to remember the media is biased, a lens through which much is filtered.

There are serious problems that threaten our species and our planet. But there is also work being done, and good people out there who are trying to do the right thing.

Our agency is our conscientious choice to be one of those people in the world. It is how we will be judged by future generations, and what will comfort us at death’s door.