Things that are outside our control will always make us unhappy.

So if we do our part I think we eventually find happiness in whatever change we were able to bring in this world. And when enough people do that we fix all the problems mentioned at beginning of your comment.

> You want to change world? Go home and love your family. - Mother Teresa

What are you, as an individual able to do about any of that?

Think about it the other way, if you wanted to make it worse could you meaningfully? Could you make the seas rise by even a single millimeter? Probably not.

Now say you wanted to make it better, a single private jet trip for a CEO to visit his mistress will wipe out any gains you have made.

What does your worrying do? Great you aren't "willfully ignorant" but since your ideal future requires a miracle anyway, and you aren't God, it's out of your hands.

You are probably like almost every other person who has ever lived, you don't matter at all. Nothing you do will meaningfully echo throughout history. Once you are gone, nobody will ever say your name again.

What's true about you is probably also true about the human race. The sun will consume the earth eventually, we will either leave this rock, or die on it. Why not enjoy your brief time here?

You can't single handedly fix any of the problems you highlight. The most you can do is alter your own behavior but let go of the consequences of other peoples behavior. You can't do anything about it.

The balancing act of wisdom is that:

* You can care about and advocate for solutions.

* But you can't own the success or failure because it's not realistic for you to do so.

Humans can work miracles sometimes. We came up with microprocessors, I'm sure we'll think of a good way to increase energy production and empathy. :)

> I fear that human nature is stil stuck in a the ape mindset of "I got mine", and will never get out of.

Maybe it will. No reason not to hope.