"If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic"

This quote by Paul Hawken speaks with the concept that when we focus on the corruption and the institutions that are attempting to prevent modification, it can be simple to end up being pessimistic. Hawken suggests that these organizations do not even know what they are attempting to prevent, which can make it even more hard to understand why they are trying to avoid modification in the first place. This quote encourages us to look beyond the corruption and the organizations that are attempting to prevent modification and to focus on the positive elements of modification. It is very important to bear in mind that change can bring about positive results, which it is possible to stay optimistic even when faced with corruption and institutions that are trying to prevent modification.