Learn.
A few admirable universities, including MIT and UCLA, have been making videos of classes freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Justin and I are watching coursework on biological engineering and environmental law. It's hard to miss the classroom when the living room doubles as a lecture hall.
I am proud of my generation and those that have helped raise it. We are a world of people working together to achieve good. We learn of evils, of course, but we use hindsight and current situations to push them out of their place.
Justin caught a string of consciousness the other night and came to a conclusion that I've heard once before--there is an elusive balance of good and bad. Both of us had the yin yang on our minds, with its contrasting parts pushing against each other. Less we spend our entire life trying to define what is right and what is wrong, let us help others protect themselves from anything that could override them. Make information known. Don't create divisions. Don't assume positions, but don't limit what goes into your head. Consider it. Process it. Evaluate it. Accept or dismiss what people like Kant had to say, and remember that there are other people breathing your air, others aspiring for their definitions of happiness. Help them, and they'll help you.
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