SYMBIOSIS

For now, we are the light. We are the only known light in a vast, vast darkness. We are the only reflective, intelligent species. The only thing that knows that it exists. There are those who believe they understand who we are. But the rest of us do not. And we are confused, perplexed, scared. Our own lack of knowledge does not validate others' beliefs. I am sorry, but there is only one thing that matters. Keeping that light shining. Keeping that light robust. We are in our infancy. We have merely just awoke. We have only known much of our world for a hundred years or so. We have just grasped that there are other galaxies. I am sorry, but the grotesque inequalities that we allow to persist as a species must end. It is not written in our genes, in our characters. We are a reflective species. Our characters are far more malleable than that. There is endless exploration to be done. It is to be done as a species, as humanity. But, yes, first we must demand that every life be livable. That we are to the person literate and educated about our world. We must solve our selves first, before we solve the cosmos. We don't have to. We can leave people behind, leave people in the dark, leave people to poverty of wealth and knowledge. Most of us do not accept that. We will not accept that. Until we have made sure every life is livable, then individuals do not own excessive resources, own their own islands, own sports teams. You take care of your fellow citizens first. That is the first global rule. It goes without saying, that all war ends and international differences cease to be flash points. Sanctions must end across the board. We build the world together, cooperatively. We do not spend 2% of our budgets on guns and missiles. I call for demilitarization across the globe. Sadly, even if we turn on a dime, all of us alive today may hardly take a step in understanding who we are and whether other light exists. But we can be proud that someday we may have a better answer, and that we were part of the inflection point for our species. Despite certain objections, once we leave this rock, I do not believe that light shall die until the fading of time. Which is why we must leave it soon, to avoid even the possibility of universal disaster, the fading of such light.