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It’s easy, and human, to get pulled into negative thinking about the state of world, which, after all, is never the way it used to be and therefore must be headed for nothing good, and fast.

Don’t fall for it.

I get reminded of this every time I have the privilege of spending time near today’s young people. They’re usually wiser, more self-aware, less selfish, and more ambitious than I expect them to be. Admittedly, that says something about my own sometimes-negative rut. But it’s also reflective of an all-too-ready, knee-jerk reaction society in general wants to saddle them with.

It may just be that the old whatsa-matter-with-kids-these-days trope arises not from legitimate observations about them, but from inaccurate assessments of the world as it’s evolving by those of us who aren’t and don’t understand it.

The world never stops changing, which is why we need a fresh perspective to understand it. The young provide it. And from what I can see, they’ll be ready to lead us into the future.

Scott Hunter

editor and publisher