> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 24 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Be the change you want to see in the world]] If you want to see change in the world it is not enough to stand by and [[hope]] for better times, because:: [[Hope is not optimism it is a practice for producing change]]. If you have [[Humans have decided to reject an unjust world|decided to reject an unjust world]], you need to take part in it. With:: [[Knowledge of an unjust world is painful|knowledge that the world is unjust]] it can be easy to fall into [[Sadness is enlightenment and happiness is delusion]], but we need to take part in [[Realism must acknowledge optimism's existence and effectiveness]] On a personal level this includes:: [[How to pursue the positive things in life]] and on a societal level this includes:: [[How do we effect change in society]] This is possibly an answer to:: [[What is the cognitive effect of living in an unjust world]] %% [[Christianity|christian]]s are surprisingly good at this because of [[Christians struggle to feel empathy because they must believe that non-christians are going to hell]] #TO/PONDER/SOCIETY is this because they have more capacity to push through [[cognitive dissonance]]: [[Is cognitive dissonance the reason for harmful behaviors]] - %% ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[human advancement]], [[self-actualization]], [[morality]], [[Life principles]]