THE JUGGERNAUT

Have we gotten so good at convenience, efficiency, and instant-gratification that we now trivialize the virtues of patience, tolerance, and consideration?

Have we gotten so good at demographic identification, mass-marketing, and promotion of cult-of-personality that we limit expression and exploration in music, film, and art?

Have we gotten so good at expanding profit margins, streamlining production and labor, and satisfying share-holders that we downplay the importance of ethics, responsibility, and integrity in business practice?

Have we gotten so good at psychoanalysis, behavior-modification, and medicating our minds and moods that we inhibit ourselves from truly feeling the full spectrum of life's experience?

Have we gotten so good at double-speak, underhanded mud-slinging, and spin management that our political leaders can't remain focused on real issues and fundamental values?

Have we gotten so good at dynamic sound-bytes, catch-phrase headlines, and pseudo-celebrity-sensationalism that we fail to get enough facts to really comprehend what's going on in the world?

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."  -- Albert Einstein