It is a tale of two realities.

The developed world has brought with it many benefits. Rising life expectancy, more available food and shelter, instant communication across the world, decreasing poverty. Things our ancestors would see as miracles.

Yet along with its benefits are new problems we now face. Rising rates of addiction, mental health issues, obesity, climate change, economic inequality. It feels as though we replaced the problem of scarcity with the problem of excess.

It is possible to be grateful for the present yet ceaselessly yearn for more.