Well, I am not a joyful human being at all. I am, however, content, and I don't need to be inspired in order to make plans to meet the future.

In some way, I believe that the future comes to meet us, and we must be prepared for it. Right, now, for instance, Covid came for us, and now Russia is pushing WWIII. Climate change is sending weather for us.

I think that, for the past half century, an erroneous message has been sent to all of humanity. That message is that people can be whatever they like, and do whatever they like, and have whatever they like - that they must have a dream for their own lives.

That has never been the way the world works, and I think it has harmed a lot of people. Certainly, some born in the right place at the right time, have made good use of it.

I think that time capsule is now gone.

I now think we need to work to meet the future. In my own life, I've been preparing for it for years. That way, I can cope when the future comes to me.

No hope required.