Change the world is a side effect of any sufficiently good idea.
I look at the world and I see a lot of problems. You do as well, right? But I also look at the world and see everything we’ve accomplished as a species, despite pretty much just stumbling along, and I have to marvel at our power. We are capable of so much. I look at it all and I believe in my heart that there is little besides a stubborn unwillingness to change that keeps us from solving our problems.
A relatively recent development is the creation of a tool that makes it possible to communicate with almost anyone almost anywhere in the world for close to no cost. By all appearances, this tool is a game-changer. Perhaps you’re aware of it.
It’s a game-changer because the reach of a good idea has never been greater. The technological barriers that in the past would have prevented or at least slowed the rapid spread of a good idea are gone.
Because every good idea changes the world for the better, one of the missions of Free Refills is to encourage people to have good ideas and to communicate them. My purview is necessarily limited, because I am only one person. I, like everyone, am demarcated by my own interests and values. There are problems I don’t even realize are problems. But there are things you know about that I never will. So have ideas. Tell them to me, and to everyone.
It’s not my place to fix the world. It’s everyone’s place.
We can do this.