The world today is beautiful place. When you read that statement how does it make you feel? Would you agree? Or do you think it might be more true to say we have lost our way? We have become a extremely scientific society, based on the belief of observation. We have hoisted ourselves to the pinnacle of life on the planet and therefore determined our ability of observation to be unassailable. We know this is faulty logic though because we don't have the best sight, sense of smell, sensitivity of touch or taste and certainly not hearing. We can make tools to do these things for us but in our design of this technology we imbue the machine with our understanding of what we are measuring and therefore further our bias in the observation. What I hope to call into question here is well... everything we think we know. We find ourselves at an inflection point in history which begs us to question the foundation of our existence. Our disconnection found in the age of the internet has grown to epic proportions not seen since the times of the Roman Empire evidenced by the extreme disproportionate distribution of "wealth" in the world. The vehicle of globalization has accelerated the movement of wealth and proliferated neoliberal ideas without allowing the same movement of people as the internet has moved money from physical marks to blips on a screen and national barriers are as stringent as ever as an existential fear drives a wedge between "us" and "them". What can we do to heal this divide? Learn more about ourselves and in so doing find our passions. Once we have oriented ourselves based off of what we LOVE rather than what we HAVE to or are SUPPOSED to do we will find our ship will naturally take us where we want to go. We all know there is a way for the world to be more beautiful. We all have a stirring in our hearts when we think of Heaven on Earth. What would it take to get to that place? Who would you be? What would you do? Anything is Possible, Everybody Counts, Let's Get it Done! Keaton Fisher
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