Society

Human life isn't about becoming the strongest and meanest so we can beat the people we fear.

Almost everything keeping me alive right now — clean water, clothing, tools, a roof — was built by people I've never met, yet my first instinct toward the stranger down the street is rarely gratitude.

We're not built like deer, standing within the hour we're born. We're closer to three-legged tables — always one flaw from tipping, held up by whoever has a spare leg to lend that day.