Paintbrushes

You're in an extraordinary position, unique among all humans throughout history: You can choose for your species to keep going as it has been, or to start everything over from scratch. What an opportunity, right? As you might surmise, that means no science, no yoga, no symphonies, no fertilizer, no medicine, no poetry, no paintbrushes. But also therefore no religious wars, no nuclear bomb, no pogroms. No McDonald’s, but no family dinners. No riots, but no protests. No books, no school shootings. No skyscrapers, no collapses. No winning, no losing. It’s your choice. There’s no right or wrong—just whatever’s next.