I am still waiting for that moment in history when "becoming an intelligent, decent, and truly progressive human being" will become the next Gold Rush. Then, I'll make sense to everyone around me.
Being a decent human takes some effort, but a future without famine, bullets, and dystopian societies is well worth our mental, emotional, and especially moral investment.
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right."