[thecavemaster]

Here's another thought: for thousands of years, our ancestors
lived close to the land... then, less that two hundred years
ago came the steam engine, the assembly line, the mass production of material goods our ancestors never knew they
needed. At one point in Hebrew history, a person was said
to be very blessed to live 'til age 70...with all our progress,
we've managed to push that upward seven/eight years. Now,
we get in our cars and drive to jobs that aren't very fulfilling, eat foods sprayed with god knows what and preserved
with god knows what, and feel about as connected to nature as
a lawn chair. People moved to the cities by the droves, then
retreated to the suburbs (unless poor and white or a minority)
and still drive into the cities to "make a living." We may
all define "progress" in the funniest way in human history.
Cell phones, twenty-four hour a day news, plugged in to every
device imaginable, flying around at break neck speed to
meaningless movies and events, all the while disconnected
from the very things that for generations people stayed
alive for... anyway, just thinking out loud...