I love this world. For all of it’s flaws, it is a unique opportunity. We are connected in ways we have never been connected. I can learn from the scholars of the past and present easily,without the barrier of the need to travel to them.

And people are opening up about their innermost thoughts and sharing it with the world wide. Most people have one or two profound thoughts rattling around. It could be the same thought for many but the phrasing could be slightly different and that will click with you. You’ll learn something, something you never knew or thought about. Something, even 50 years ago would have required riches or power to access.

We live in an age of wonders. And not just the obvious of flight. Though flight and more importantly it’s availability as a tool for relatively inexpensive and quick travel, have a profound effect.

Think about this, for most of history we have been limited by what we could know. What the people around you know and maybe what the people in the next town over know. Information traveled slowly if at all. And with information comes connection.

I know things about the world in a casual way that, in the past, would have been the sole provenance of scholars. Think about this, most people where I live own a mode of transportation that allows them to travel vast distances in a short amount of time. It would be like if all the people in 18th century London owned a horse. And I do mean all.

We live in a fast and wonderful world. One I stand in awe of every day. The vast sweeping change that we have accomplished and the speed at which this change is sweeping forward. It’s not a perfect world, but as long as we move forward, it’s getting there. Maybe not in this lifetime, but there will be wonders.

Take some time to appreciate the opportunity we have, living in the free first world. Unprecedented access to art and science and more importantly each other than has ever been possible. Some of the best people I know live in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England, Australia and more.

I’ve never met them in person but we talk daily. Mostly about games or entertainment but occasionally about the innermost workings of our minds. These are people I would never have met otherwise and with whom I feel connected. We live in a golden age. Take advantage of it.