Kids born today will see us navigate past the first greatest test of humanity, which is: can we actually be smart enough to live on a planet without … - Alex Steffen

No future can be beautiful which involves an economy that violates the rights of future generations, that degrades fundamental planetary systems in any way, or that fails to offer every human being a basic share of safety, dignity and happiness.

Any future which is not beautiful is unacceptable.

We can freely acknowledge the tremendous struggle ahead of us, and yet choose to remain decidedly optimistic, and to work from a fundamental belief in the possibilities of the future. … Every time we explain how a better future might be built, we redraw the boundaries of the possible.