On the world stage -- climate talks in Paris are now in session. The economic future of the world, the evolutionary future of biodiversity, the political future of ... civilization: are all in doubt, as we haggle over "fossil fuels," pollution, carbon exchanges, and life itself.
On a much smaller level my students are beginning their final "group presentations" today. The same doubts, on a microcosmic scale, exist for them. Will their work this term bear fruit? Will they cooperate with each other and still do their best individually -- enough to not only survive, but conquer. Will they ensure their own future(s) by realizing that speech is required -- speech is essential -- for their continued growth as thinkers, doers, survivors, winners?
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