Thoughts On Approaching The Big Issues We Face

A lot of the biggest problems looming on the near horizon require vast changes if we wish to deal with them. We've known about some of these problems for decades but have always taken the path of the quick and temporary fix, never addressing the root of problems. A lot of this stems from our systems inherent flaws, but a lot stems from politicians themselves afraid to even really touch an issue because it's just accepted as a nonstarter. We can't be afraid of change, because it's coming regardless, we should just be insuring that it is change for the better.

One of the key's to human progress throughout the ages has always been our ability to adapt, not to run from the challenge, but to tackle it head on until it's resolved. Progress in almost all areas of history occurred because small groups of people weren't afraid to challenge institutionalized beliefs even in the face of great odds. Albert Einstein said one of his greatest tools was his imagination, because radical ideas bring about radical change and a long time of thinking something right doesn't necessarily make it so.