The planet is under stress. Soon there will be too many humans and not enough clean water or food. Our global economic system is breaking down.

Already millions live in misery. Hate and war are common. We are at a point where we must work together globally or face even greater hardships. If we don’t cooperate to create a fair distribution of resources and sustainable abundance, rather than compete over the earth’s bounty, life will be miserable for all—even those who win the competition.

HumansTogether is based on the idea that we humans should focus more on what we have in common than what separates us.

Our common humanity should bind us together in community and compassion on this miracle of a planet. Religious, national, racial, cultural and political beliefs that pit humans against each other should recede and the sense of our common humanity should grow in our consciousness. This is the only way to overcome the many planetary crises we face.

To help humans make this shift in focus from us and them to us, HumansTogether will promote a new understanding that our species is the crowning cosmic creation of billions of years of evolution. The matter that humans are made of was literally created in stars. We must see ourselves as citizens of the Cosmos—perhaps the only example of self-awareness in the universe.

We must learn that our differences are not as great as our common humanity—at an evolutionary level we are all the same.

HumansTogether is an ongoing exercise in articulating new shared positive beliefs and values based on what the latest scientific discoveries and advanced thinking has to say about the fundamental questions and truths pondered by our species.

Our explicit focus will be on the quintessential eternal issue: What beliefs and values should human beings hold in order to produce the most positive results for the most people?

Beginning as a blog, our goal is to become a content producer of diverse media that focus on cultivating common beliefs and values that have occupied our collective consciousness for a long time. We’ll take a fresh look with an eye toward finding as much objectivity and agreement as possible.

HumansTogether is the creation of Andy Kienzle, a corporate writer, instructional designer, and video producer who lives in Hamilton Township, NJ, near Trenton. I can be reached at humbe@humanstogther.com.