Civilization progresses when we take care of each other. So far, we have been unusually focused on hyper growth, but if we continue at this rate, we'd have 9 Billion people demanding 100x more resources that 8 Billion people need today. That is not going to work.

What if instead of growth, we tried to optimize for human happiness? Storytelling is a mechanism for trust at scale. What story would help 8 billion people to survive together? That should be our objective function.