with all the disruptive changes and improvements due to technology, globalization, information, things may not be as simple as they used to be. Also, we are still not completely understanding the nature of ourselves, our culture, and society.

How do we relate to the environment? I think that is something that may take a long time to accurately document. Ultimately though, most people in industrialized nations diminish the sustainability of life on earth. We are so ego and ethnocentric, we have religions devoted to making ourselves the center of the universe. However, we are clearly dependent on factors beyond out control.

It takes time for things to change but it also takes time for things to settle down and we have a lot to learn yet. And we are not as rational as we like to believe, despite our words. What do our feelings mean? What does a bird mean when it chirps?