How can we change the world if we know there's these problems? The answer might be that the question is wrong.
Brownian motion is a random movement of tiny particles in liquid or gas caused by liquid or gas molecules. It is caused by atoms hitting the particle. Brownian movement shows something small can change something bigger than it, but what if that thing is much larger, such as something in the macro world?
Well, an atom may push a speck of pollen, but it can't push a boulder. It may be possible to watch a speck move, but a bolder needs something substantial to move it.
In the same way, you can change things bigger than yourself, but eventually it's just too big. An atom cannot move a bolder, but a raging river can, but the individual atoms have no say in where the river goes. Even with great men changing history, the river chooses the path, and even the mightiest atoms are merely caught up in it.
People want to save the world but they can't even save themselves.
All that being said, doing stuff worth doing is hard, and you need to grit your teeth and keep a stiff upper lip and just push through staying true to your own virtues. Do that and you might not save the world, but perhaps you can save a slice of what you care about. Some the river can keep going but perhaps some atoms end up in puddles or evaporate and find themselves on a whole new path. It can even keep the other atoms in its molecule. If the river is going somewhere you don't want to, that might be the only option.
Brownian motion is a random movement of tiny particles in liquid or gas caused by liquid or gas molecules. It is caused by atoms hitting the particle. Brownian movement shows something small can change something bigger than it, but what if that thing is much larger, such as something in the macro world?
Well, an atom may push a speck of pollen, but it can't push a boulder. It may be possible to watch a speck move, but a bolder needs something substantial to move it.
In the same way, you can change things bigger than yourself, but eventually it's just too big. An atom cannot move a bolder, but a raging river can, but the individual atoms have no say in where the river goes. Even with great men changing history, the river chooses the path, and even the mightiest atoms are merely caught up in it.
People want to save the world but they can't even save themselves.
All that being said, doing stuff worth doing is hard, and you need to grit your teeth and keep a stiff upper lip and just push through staying true to your own virtues. Do that and you might not save the world, but perhaps you can save a slice of what you care about. Some the river can keep going but perhaps some atoms end up in puddles or evaporate and find themselves on a whole new path. It can even keep the other atoms in its molecule. If the river is going somewhere you don't want to, that might be the only option.
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