Agreed! But I'm very choosy anymore who I try to help. I was a part of so many "world saving" attempts. I've cut way back as it all seems so pointless now. I was spreading myself, my emotional capital, too thin. Dealing with dozens of people at that level is exhausting. Even people in my "tribe" just became a disappointment after a while. I now have a kid in the Philippines I give to through Children International and I live my with GF's autistic son who I home school math and writing now. (He's actually highly functioning, but I'm glad he's been diagnosed on the spectrum. I remember what a meat grinder public school can be to a "weird" kid like him as I was one too. I am so glad he's going to be able to avoid it. A win for our "society" maybe?) The Pilipino kid is a total emotional crap shoot for me but My GF's son I feel some hope. If all I ever accomplish in this life is help to make him a content, compassionate, and fully functioning adult, and give him an inheritance that allows him to be self sufficient in what ever pursuit he choses later in life, I'll feel I have done enough for this life of mine.