Do we live in a utopian society without wants and needs, or do we inhabit a failed state on a downward spiral of destruction? The truth is probably somewhere in between those realities.

There are indeed institutional and systemic forces that make the world unfair, unjust, and inhumane. But there is also ample evidence of goodness, awareness and valor.

The answer is not to tear it all down, nor is it to tweak minor problems on the periphery. It’s somewhere in the middle, and it’s up to us to figure it out.