On the Unsustainability of Profit
The cracks in our culture and our systems are showing tonight: jagged, ugly, and centered yet again around profit. Somebody somewhere still thinks commodifying people, making our planet unlivable, and brainwashing us into normalizing brutality for margins is sustainable. It's not, and none of the endpoints towards which we're hurtling are good. In fact, most days it feels like a miserable journey towards painful disaster is our most likely future as a species. It's a conscious choice to stay focused on my personal values of love, friendship, and art, and to cultivate hope as best I can. And when I think about what I can do on a personal level, I can't help but wonder: what will it take to awaken us collectively? As clear as an apocalypse seems some days, our power as a global people to both stop it and to build something better seems just as clear, not to mention more immediate. I know what I'm looking and listening for: vision, leadership, down-to-earth plans, cour...