Today after spending a lot of time reading through news, I can't shake the sad feeling that people aren't that great. Or at least perhaps we have the potential to be great, we just aren't aware/too wrapped up in being the person with the most shiny stuff.
As far as we know, we are the only truly intelligent beings. Hopefully there are more somewhere in the universe, but at the moment there is no evidence.
Now being the only creatures to have the ability to create (as far as we know) we are in a unique position to protect life. The odds in the universe are severely stacked against the continued existence of life. Our ability to manipulate the environment around us means we have the potential for safeguarding life, and fighting against the apparent chaos of the universe.
In science fiction, there is frequently an advanced race whose agenda is that of keeping balance and protecting life.
Could we be that race?
If so perhaps we should start with our own planet, no one else is going to protect it for us now are they?
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