Into Pyramid’s Shadow: At War with Ourselves

Can we exorcise our evolutionary demons and make extinct our linear dominance hierarchical pyramid, or are we condemned to live divided, stratified and segregated by class and caste? In our answers to these and many other questions lies our destiny, as well as the future of our children. To them we will bequeath either the ruins of a failed society, or the blueprints of a new civilization.

My money's on "ruins of a failed society." Human tragedy is constant throughout history. If we knew of and had to feel ourselves all the tragedy occurring at this moment to our fellow human beings, it would be too much for each of us individually to bear. This planet, for whatever reason, is eternally benighted. Short of making this a religious discussion, the 'good news' is that even the most long-lived among us will be here only for a relatively brief time.