Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World

Trigger warning: this book is most likely, as the kids say, “woke.” If you don’t like change, this is not the book for you.

How did we get to where we are today? Why does it seem like everything is coming to a crisis? And, more importantly, what can we do about it? In this book, Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World, authors Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph seek to answer those questions and also provide the reader with actionable steps to elicit change.

Written as an essential primer for young people to better understand the state of the world, how it got that way, and what can be done about it, this book addresses some of the biggest issues of our day with fearlessness and honesty. These two authors provide valuable context, explain nuance, and interview more than two dozen individuals with valuable perspectives on various current events. With topics that range across the spectrum, from disinformation, the environment, wealth and class disparity, to gun violence, immigration, education reform, the narrative enlightens and offers hope for readers who want to, as the title suggests, leave the world a better place than we found it.