I'm more optimistic about the future after reviewing this list of the Best Inventions of 2023: time.com/collection/b...

“You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it." — Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk

“We made the problem,” according to Wright. “We’ve got to get ourselves out of the problem.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...