As technology becomes ever more potent and Nature reacts ever more violently, there is an urgent need to rethink how best to deal with the growing contradictions between Man and Nature.
Now that computer technology has made possible the rapid accessing of large amounts of factual information, people are less likely than ever to think deeply or originally.
At first there may be good feelings too—a new and better job is just around the corner—it's nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think.
Wealth is not merely the result of man's ability to think (as Ayn Rand famously believed). Rather, it is the ability to think combined with the courage and determination to persevere despite the odds.
When I faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in.
Hundreds of occupational surnames are at once familiar to us, or at least recognizable after a little thought: Archer, Carter, Fisher, Mason, Thatcher, Taylor, to name but a few.