Here’s the inspiration: humanity has survived terror and near doom before – before the many weapons of predatory ‘technology’, and the collapsing of a poisoned, unstable mother earth were factors, granted – but we have survived. And with what? Ultimately, our power resides in our attention, our energy, and our infinite creativity.

Here’s the practical response: return to our habits of group survival, which we will practice by playing a cooperative game with our neighbors. We don’t need to learn new behaviors to survive and move together – we have to allow our innate genius to emerge. Yes, by playing a game. And by practicing taking our attention back from the abusers who hold the levers of institutional power. On balance, we hold the levers of community power, and there are a lot more of us abused, than there are abusers.