Fikeveni

Although there are many ways to think of what makes up society, it is helpful to think of society being divided into two sections - the mainland and the islands. The mainland is the more cautious part that takes longer to adopt ideas or change their mind on issues, and the islands are the radical, liberal-minded parts that tend to be quick to embrace new ideas. People with mainland-values have a proclivity for order, rules, and traditions, while islanders, the creatives of a society, have an affinity for adventure, radical ideas, and a rejection of the status quo. For societal cohesion or progress, we have to embrace both parts of society. The mainland helps us to stay grounded in the lessons of our past, while the islands lead us into a bright and prosperous future.  As society, we cannot have one without the other, nor live in a world of extremist propagation of one over the other. There is a need to embrace radical ideas because they will eventually be widely accepted, if and wh...

When we look around, we see what has been built by those who came before us. Everything around us is a consequence of the actions, intentional or not, of people in the past. We, living in the present, can build for the future. We can create the world that our children can be proud of. It is easy to destroy; a whole ship can be sunk by one sailor. We have a duty to ourselves, those around us, and those soon to follow. Foundations for the future, that we desire, have to be laid today. We have to build bridges, not burn them. The future can be bright as long as we start generating power now. Future generations need to find the necessary infrastructure already in place, in order to create the type of society that they will need in their present and future.  We have to grow through evolution, not resets. We need evolution because we cannot be sure about how systems affect each other. Too many times, those with the ability to bring change, shutdown a program and introduce another, only t...