None of us chose the world we were born into. We inherited a planet, cultures, governments, and systems already in motion, just like a hand-me-down from a sibling or a family friend. Some of this inheritance is good (technology, knowledge, rights), but some of it is broken (poverty, pollution, inequality, war). The big question is: what do we do with what we’ve been handed?

We didn’t cause all the problems we face, but we live with them. That means we also bear responsibility for how we respond. Ignoring what’s broken simply passes the damage on; facing it means choosing to leave the world better than we found it. Imagine someone living 100 years from now. What will they say about the world we left them? Each of us has the choice to either repeat the mistakes of those before us or begin to repair them.

There are many "rips" in our world, and we'll discuss how to fix these next week.