1/The discomfort we feel now is a necessary prelude to the emergence of a new awareness - the awareness of our responsibility to each other, to our planet and to other sentient beings.

2/ Will we align our political and economic systems with our awareness of that responsibility? That remains to be seen. But how we answer the question will determine the sustainability of human life on earth in the 21st-century.

3/Each of us has to answer the question for ourselves; how we answer it will determine whether we participate in the reinvention of our civilization at the end of this, or acquiesce to its continued devolution. It’s as big a challenge as any generation ever faced. It’s up to us.