This is the perfect time to remember that we are a big community. We are humans, a species that is able of creativity and humour but also destruction and wars. What really matters is the fundamental choice we make, not our beliefs, our life style, our culture, our location. That's why I don't use words as "religion" or "spirituality", I prefer "expanded consciousness" or just "consciouness" (António Damásio). We share ideas, experiences, techniques. We laugh together. We even sing together. We build bridges, public spaces, new projects everyday. We try to find new ways of improving quality of life everywhere. We know that we do have the science and the technologies to do it, and we know that it means to protect the planet and other species. We have that responsability.
I've always enjoyed to anticipate the future. I observe carefully what is going on, general tendencies, priorities, cultural clashes, and then I try to picture these changes in the near future. That's why I like science fiction movies. I'm not talking about time travel or close encounters with aliens. I'm talking about possible and probable events. Almost every science fiction movie shows violence, war and destruction. Some examples: The Postman (1997):
If we compare the movies of the nineties with those of the second decade of the new century we see a clear difference. Movies are becoming more pessimistic. The Postman gives us hope. There's room for survival. Children of Men shows us a world with no future, but still a miracle happens, a new child is born. In War, Inc. everything is marketable, nobody is safe, there's no trust or moral ground (trash culture).
