The Elders is a group of 12 world leaders–ranging from Jimmy Carter to Nelson Mandela– who seek to serve as wise global elders to the unruly global village. And among the many good works they are doing, they have launched a campaign which has the modest goal of getting, umm, ONE BILLION people to sign the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights. In the internet age you can always aim big, but that is one sixth of the global population, so it will be interesting to see how this pans out. You can read the Declaration here. And sign it here. They have a ways to go, though. Just 17,276 people have signed so far. Wait a minute. Click. Click. Sign. Make that 17,277.

“I wonder if, in the future, there will be a way to get lots and lots of people to sign this.”

(Image from Franklin D Roosevelt Library)