Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.

Our methods define life in biological terms, but do we consider the nature of a collection itself of organized organisms? Obviously we humans are alive, but so is our culture, and it thinks and has a will just like us.

The individual and society are very similar. Each has a lifespan, projects its own story, and is self-aware. Yet, the individual is mortal and will die; society endures far longer.

Like any other function within the living, assignment of value occurs by cascade, which means, since we each will die first, social values take precedence over individuals without intent. The hierarchy functions this way because it is the path of least resistance, and it usually works well — but not always. Society cannot know all private details.

Thoughtlessness is the cancer that allows the unchecked spread of social judgment. With intent and consideration, we can use personal responsibility to kill unwitnessed ideas or even dogma — yet often to avoid interrupting the intricate diversions we create for ourselves we choose to ignore a reasonable conclusion staring right at us.

Any action intentionally passing down social values without a test is a sickness. Neglect, laziness, ambiguity, and ideology are examples.

Perhaps ubiquitous affluence is one of the most common human issues because it provides us the capability of leveraging the means to ignore each other. I’ll admit, it is a counterintuitive conclusion when the social animal has improved so much over the last hundred years. But, what good is inheriting social DNA when it is often deadly?