Good thoughts  Ms. Mclaren. From my point of view it is yet another case of our mastery of technology far outstripping our wisdom. We can't yet come remotely close to living with each other in peace but just look what we can do with electronics, etc. We grow enough food for everyone but a big fraction of us are starving. Etc. Etc. We are aching for lack of collective wisdom, even as nothing significant we have ever achieved has not been achieved in some sense collectively.