Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Alec Perkins, Serena Perkins and Jed York attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Nancy Bussani and Veronica Mallett attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Michael O'Connor, Christian O'Connor and Eric Boon attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

TEDxOrient Harbor, HumanKind 9/17/2017

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Sister Mary Haddad attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer)

The Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Shot with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W50.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

t.s. eliot

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Emerald Baltal and Marc Castro attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

Walkway leading to Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Another pose - with a different locomotive.

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Sister Mary Haddad attends Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

Interconnectedness of Self

2008 | Ink on Canvas, Resin and Powder | 200 x 200 x 300 cm

Boat ride on the underground lake of water, ice, cloud and fire

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Angie Rice and Adam Rice attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

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Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

The Earth is owned by Nature, not humankind. Humankind's destiny is controlled by Nature, not humankind. In the great scheme of the cosmos humankind is just another animal, nothing more. The Universe hasn't wasted the last 13.7 billion years waiting for a tool-making talking primate to arise. God hasn't spent the last 6,000 years obsessing about your own personal thoughts and sins.

Humans are way too impressed by humankind. This just proves that humans are too easily impressed. Humankind has accomplished some things in the last 12,000 years but the negatives outweigh the positives. You can verify this easily enough by noticing how miserably humans live.

Humans sense that there is something terribly wrong with humankind. Humans have sensed this from the beginning. This is one of the reasons why humans invented religion, philosophy, economics, science, technology, law, the tools of violence and warfare.

Humans have sought in vain for a solution to the human problem. Humankind has run out of time. Nature will provide its own solution to the human problem.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Sister Mary Haddad and Cathy Lassiter attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Tim Marek, Karen Parks and Sean Baxter attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Lloyd Dean and Janet Reilly attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer)

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Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto

GCR - station staff.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - John Lynch and Janet Reilly attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

Humankind has always yearned for the sky.

The remains of Abbaye di Mont Saint Éloi perch on a hilltop behind the menhirs Les Pierres Joumelles (the twin stones).

Humankindness Gala | SF City Hall | May 22, 2025 | © Show Ready Photo, @showreadyphoto