Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

by Ryan Holiday

Who we choose to be affects more than just us. It ripples out into the world. Realizing this is not just clarifying but deeply empowering. What we do matters. We matter. While this might feel a little egotistical, it is certainly preferable to the immaturity of the alternative—which the vast majority of people choose—which assumes that very little is serious, that the stakes of everything are quite low, that one can continue indefinitely in their state of arrested development. There is a beautiful statue dedicated to liberty in New York City’s harbor. There is no such monument to responsibility. That’s something we have to look inside ourselves to find.