We lost five hundred million to Smallpox.
So we destroyed Smallpox.
Hundreds of millions of us are still in poverty.
But fewer every year.
Hundreds of thousands are lost to Malaria.
But fewer every year.
Our problems are legion.
Then so will our compassion, dedication, and ingenuity.
There is no destiny written for us.
Then we will write our own.
We may lose.
But we will try anyway
because there isn’t anyone else.
https://blog.jaibot.com/secular-solstice-call-and-response/