The Problem

Too many people are asleep.  In the Digital Misinformation Age, critical thinking is too often replaced with more immediate forms of gratification: social media, binge-watching, alcohol, focusing on one’s job, education, etc.  Too many people are also underpaid and overworked. But all the while, problems like climate change, the growing threat of nuclear war, income inequality, a grifter-friendly media landscape, the steady erosion of democratic norms, institutionalized bigotry, and more rage on. Why aren’t more people doing something? Part of the reason is that we can’t break out of the circle of our own habits. We also feel helpless and powerless. A sensible short-term solution is to just hunker down, muddle through, and hope for the best.   But that is no longer going to work.  We are reaching a breaking point.  It’s time to wake up.