Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked.

Beauty exists irrespective of financial circumstances.

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.

Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with a deep need to "make a dent," as social philosopher Erich Fromm put it. My hunch is that one reason depression is a global pandemic is that the dominant mental map denies so many of us expression of these deep needs and capacities.

If we start with "limits" and a premise of scarcity and fear, it makes us fearful of each other, and that makes us vulnerable to anti-democratic systems.

Science is showing us that we are even more connected to each other than we ever realized.

Women can succeed in villages all over the world today without relying on heavy machinery or debt. They can take leadership roles in agriculture, eliminating hunger and inequity.