One way to understand interdependence is to observe that everything happens because of various causes or conditions coming together. Therefore, our actions, decisions, or mistakes are all conditions that impact others: if we change, so do others, and vice versa. Accordingly, the Dalai Lama describes the universe we live in as "a living organism where each cell works in balanced cooperation with every other cell to sustain the whole." (Dalai Lama p.41) Regarding a global society, this concept of interdependence would connect people more deeply. Thus, if we believed that our happiness or…