I marvel at our lack of understanding of the universe. We are indeed clever monkeys, having discovered calculus and physics and politics and economics and philosophy. We resist the urge to lord over the other animals we see on this planet. And yet, we don’t know if life exists outside our planet’s atmosphere, let alone our solar system. We may have discovered the aforementioned disciplines, but have not truly figured them out: there are unsolved equations, properties of particles we don’t understand, a lack of social optimization or distribution of goods, and unanswered deep questions. Who are we? Why are we here? What is the universe? We are only at the beginning. That can be exciting or daunting. It’s up to us to collectively decide.