When will we finally savour the authentic challenge to ourselves that reaches beyond the ephemeral and ridiculous pursuit of amassing of slips of paper exchangeable for control over material goods? How can we "develop" in such an environment?
Are we not yet bored with the idea that he who commands the most money wins? Has this poorly designed and silly game not shown itself for what it really is: ethically contingent and irrelevant to the authentic pursuit of the good life? At the very least, it is unchallenging to so many of the untapped realms of human skill.
We have seen what material and energy development does for us. And, as proud as we have been at our many technical powers, we are now familiar with both the vaccuity and the real harm of the endeavour.
The challenge of our age will be the development of our subtlety and sophistication in the sublime faculties of life-enrichment on a personal and social scale: where listening for silence drowns the cacophony; where taste can discern the elements; where the nose can apprehend the flowers a field away; where the hand can see the patterns of the breeze; where musical, poetic, narrative, dance and relational creativity spellbounds; where we reserve our highest recognition and appreciation for each other and the simple and abundant gifts of life.
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