Everything is changing.
As the world speeds up, more and more people will become disoriented. And once we're disoriented, it's all too easy to become demoralised.
Yet amidst all this confusion, some constants remain.
Our material surroundings will differ. But for those willing to look deep enough, our moral principles will never change.
What does this mean?
It means that when we place our own value structures above those of whatever material game we happen to be playing, everything we do becomes fundamentally valuable.
As long as we adapt our moral structures based on truth-seeking dialogue, everything compounds unto itself. Always.
Status-seekers will tell us to abandon responsibility in hopes of winning short-term supporters. Rent-seekers will tell us to sacrifice our agency in hopes of boosting short-term revenue.
But nobody, no matter how powerful, can take our principles.
For as long as we're alive, we can choose to shoulder this burden voluntarily, no matter what.
Maybe that's what makes us human.