Where are we going?

We are nature. At least, we are part of it.
We are the part that questions.
We are the only part of nature known to us to be asking the big questions.
"Where are we going?" seems to me to be the most important question.
Where are we, as a species, going to be in 50 years? 100 years? 500 years?

Will we still have countries on Earth? Corporate rule?
Will religion still be a power in the world?
Will we still have starving people, even though we have enough food?

It seems to me that the only way to ensure our species' advancement and exploration of the universe's mysteries is to adopt a worldwide system of secular morality.
We are humans. We are curious and we need to explore science with our minds and unknown places with our bodies.
That is the purpose of life for humans. We are biologically programmed with a need to know.
This is why the scientific method is used to test hypotheses; it finds truth.
And this is why we must reject mythology as a substitute for truth.
Secular morality is tribal morality. What is good for the tribe is moral. Truth and knowledge and honesty and empathy and responsibility are what make up secular morality.
That's a lot more difficult if you consider the human species to be your tribe because there are so many of us that have different religious moral codes.

So, how do we instill a worldwide secular morality?
Science. Education. Knowledge.
The more people that understand high school level science, the fewer people there will be that credit mythology for the existence of the universe.

We must feed the hungry people of the world and we must feed their minds, as well.

Knowledge is the first step to truth. Honesty follows knowledge. Morality follows knowledge.
But the scientific method is how we gain the knowledge that leads to honesty and morality.

The more we know, the more honest and moral we become... and the less religiously inclined we become.

Science is not morality, but it causes morality because it rejects that which is not tested to be true.

And truth is as habit forming as untruth.
It's hard to lie to yourself when you honestly seek truth.