We are at the point where we can do things on our own, without them. Blockchain technology can be used to give us more freedom and power, great transitional step in the right direction.
Learning practical skills, building a good mental foundation on how to deal with events and others around you.
Be aware of the consumer culture, vote with your dollar, not with a ballet. The belief that there isn't enough to go around is a joke now. Since the industrial revolution, along with inventors like Tesla, R Buckminster Fuller, we have the ability to use technology to create an abundance. Provide and accomplish more and more with less and less. Invest our knowledge more into the arts, engineering, science.

WW1 was the fork in the road. We chose destruction and power instead of abundance and prosperity. I am so beyond the political system. Decentralization is paramount, along with community building.
Technical efficiency instead of market efficiency.