> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 12 evergreens</em></s> #### [[We are confined to the tools of our time]] This is true both in how we [[influence]] other's and how we make [[progress]], making it part of:: [[How do we effect change in society]] %% #TO/TEND/WATER intro %% ##### In:: [[technology]] This has been one of the major driver's in human [[history]]. From stone tools allowing us to extract bone marrow, ^[[[Cracking bones and eating the marrow may have been human's first niche]]] to [[writing]] allowing our societies to increase in size and density, ^[[[Empires are born through conquest and maintained by bureaucracy]] and [[Human settlement allowed for social order to rapidly evolve]]] to the [[internet]] allowing us to communicate on levels we never could have before, ^[[[The internet revolutionized communication of and access to information]]] a large leap in technology has usually lead to large changes in human civilization. On the flip side of each of those revolutions is a person who wasn't able to change the world because they didn't have the tools they needed, and in our own future, if we do not innovate solutions for [[climate change]], the tools of our time will not confine us to massive amounts of [[suffering]]. ##### In:: [[interpersonal relationships]] [[Sometimes we can't grow until we change our environment]], and sometimes, the people that we want to grow are stuck too. This raises the question [[When should you forgive people who don't deserve it]], but also [[How long should we wait for someone to accept us]]. > it’s funny how sometimes it really does take a decade to [[persuasion|persuade]] someone of something. > at that sort of timescale it’s not even about direct engagement so much as it is about just living your best life in accordance with your principles in a sustainable way, and waiting for them to encounter difficulties their [[worldview]] and context ^[[[10_Sources/Readwise/Tweets/10_Sources/tweets - It’s Funny How Sometimes...|It’s Funny How Sometimes... by @visakanv on Twitter]]] > > <cite>[[@visakanv on Twitter|visakanv]]</cite> ##### In:: [[society]] [[Hope is not optimism it is a practice for producing change]], but [[hope]] doesn't guarantee change or even speed it up, it just helps us [[endurance|endure]] long enough to see change. [[Growing up is being able to articulate the hope more than the hopelessness]] ##### In:: [[self-actualization]] %% #TO/TEND/WATER %% [[Sometimes we can't grow until we change our environment]] and [[Working through trauma can involve of a lot of letting go]] but [[It's always worth it to work through trauma]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[cognitive dissonance]], [[human experience]], [[human advancement]], [[self-improvement]], [[social justice]], [[inter-personal communication]], [[transhumanism]]