@Cameron AzimiTabrizi Thanks for joining the group, Cameron, and for your thoughtful question. The nature of this question is such that we know what we want to see happen: that the world can meaningfully advance, that we are not stuck in the current situation, that we will make best efforts in that direction. Wishful/hopeful/visionary thinking aside, there is the diagnostic question of the current situation. My answer is more pessimistic in short term but ultimately optimistic in long term: worse than being stuck, the world is increasingly spiraling out of control as evidenced by how easy it is now for morons to gain a dangerous concentration of all sorts of power. We’re sowing the seeds for more violence and terrorism down the road. The world isn’t just stuck, but is sinking deeper and deeper into insanity: it’s decaying. The long term good news is, of course, a new world awaits ahead: once this one implodes under the weight of its ignorance and stupidity, new and better forms of society will emerge driven by enlightened people. The current age is the darkest period in human history — look at the so-called dark energy and dark matter — but we have found the light decades ago. It’s just a matter for people in the future to rediscover that light.