2022 and Beyond: A Manifesto for the New Year

The future is still ours to envision. No one can take that away. We have an obligation to think past next week and next month and next year, and envision the future that will be lived by the many generations who will come after us. This is a hopeful, and hopefully not naive view, given that we are looking down the barrel of a climate disaster and the social unrest that will come along with it.

Many forces may stand in the way of my optimism. The blockers include the short-sighted opportunists who would boost personal income or corporate profits at…