Ugh that speech hurts more and more as time goes on. I don't think many people expect the 22nd century to be happy now... And yet, we do have the tools to make it so. Like... we are literally so close to having the technology to eradicate so many diseases (& already basically have it for TB and HIV). Solar and wind power are hitting the turning point where they'll take over from fossil fuels; sustainable batteries with fewer & fewer minerals are getting here (sodium batteries??!!) I wonder if there's some flaw in our vision where our advancements now are still impressive but they're small? Idk, like there is unavoidable misery headed our way but... we have it in our power to attenuate it by so much and yet can't really grasp that or do it?

Anyway, also -- Balloons!!