Society is about cooperation. Right? I mean the only reason we live side-by-side and make agreements to act a certain way in public is that all benefit. We build roads, electrical grids, water sanitation, law enforcement systems, education systems, etc. Society is a human-to-human symbiotic relationship. …

I quietly take my seat in the sanctuary. The training room has a whiteboard, wall projector, and twenty other participants. I pick up the pen provided, write my name in all caps before peeling the back of my name tag, and carefully place it over my heart. …

Previously….Our world has unlimited resources and endless boundaries. I’m looking at it. It’s there spinning above our heads — more than we could ever want, or use, or even need. …

I read a Sci-fi book as a 12-year-old; I don’t remember the title but do recall a passage. The passage that I paraphrase describes a young boy examining a strangely-shaped-and-shiny-piece-of-metal. He stares intently and is mesmerized. Night is falling as he leans back to rest against a large tree in…

I was born with pale olive skin that turns golden brown in the Summer. What color am I? My grandfather came to America from Italy in 1931. Am I responsible for the atrocities of slavery that happened in this part of the world in 1776? Or 1619? Or 1050? …

Two Hundred Thousand people died today. Did you know that? An average of One Hundred Fifty Thousand die, each and every day, across the globe. Every day we boil away, swirling and whirling in the mist of this churning. Go ahead, Google it for yourself and then do the math…

By Mark Augustini I see. I see what others have. Their homes. Their cars. Their clothes. I see them working in fun jobs. I see them eating and drinking in beautiful places with beautiful people. Look at where they live — bricks, glass, smooth streets and manicured yards. They live…

We are constantly hearing about something called “rights.” Usually in one of these familiar lines of thought: we aren’t getting our fair share of them, or someone is trampling on them, or this right should be universal, or they don’t deserve that right, etc. Later we’ll look at rights in…