Ministering to the needs of millions upon millions of people is really, really hard. We need to revamp our institutions to meet the needs of this larger, more diverse world.

The question of what violence is legitimate or illegitimate is the very essence of politics.

Despite the fondest wishes of libertarians and free-market advocates, there are flaws built into the way money works that have to be addressed.

A small group of people got to conquer the world. To justify it, they made up a story that their race, their country, their culture—everything about them—was inherently superior.

If we keep bargaining away our democratic processes to get a little bit more of what we want, soon we aren’t going to have any democracy left.

Ever wondered why we have all these different sciences, philosophies, political ideologies, and spiritual traditions that can’t agree on anything?

At a very time when more investment is needed, to cope with greater, more diverse needs…we’ve instead had massive disinvestment.

It’s inevitable, when you look at how globalization has proceeded.

The global, geopolitical order that came out of that postwar period is still largely the order we have today.

We all deserve human rights, dignity, and respect. We all deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Ever since Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, the U.S. government has been massively reshaped by neoliberal policies.

Our real issue isn’t with the technologies themselves. It’s with the governments and corporations designing and using them.

Racism, sexism, and other forms of systemic discrimination aren’t the same as the usual, garden-variety kind of group favoritism we can develop.

What if, instead of working so hard to change what people believe…we devoted that energy to changing what it means to believe?

Either we, the people of the world, can take the lead…or our elites are going to do it instead, and put their own interests first. 

The last few weeks of videos have covered a lot of ground. But there’s a clear story that emerges from them.