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You talked about a dark road for the strong , and I think often we do not recognize that some of the decisions we take around power and around privilege can have dark consequences for the strong and not just for those who are immediately impacted . And each year we see around 10 objects entering the atmosphere that are equivalent to a one-kiloton blast - - or about two meters in diameter . We cannot adequately focus on the pressing national security challenges we face around the globe when so many of our brave troops are in Iraq , and so many billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are being spent there . We spend around 4-6 hours a week staying on top of this . And therefore we take around us the holy-natured Sraosha , the holy , the fiend-smiter , as one does with shepherds ' dogs ; therefore we sacrifice unto the holy-natured Sraosha , the holy , the fiend-smiter , with good thoughts , good words , and good deeds . Those values are constructed in opposition to a feared and unnamed enemy.3 Thus , what is at stake has two levels : one , a set of Western ideas on which the concept of America as it is defined in these United States is said to rest , and the other , the material set of relations that we see around us and that is in danger of disintegration . Thus the history of evolution , conceived as a sequence of metasystem transitions , tells us how and in which order all the different types of phenomena we see around us have arisen . I argued last week that the world we see around us is a reality determined in part by nature , but even more by decisions people have made . Atoms form groups of two or four or sometimes more ; these small tenacious groups , known as chemical molecules coalesce in physical molecules , and from these in turn are built up the material bodies we see around us . Since we spend around eight hours a night in bed , nestled up with pillows , blankets , and the mattress , we get a lot of exposure to dust mites at that time . Interpersonal skills include the habits , attitudes , manners , appearance , and behaviors we use around other people which affect how we get along with other people .