It becomes banal and repetitive to note we are in a state of crisis.
Post-industrial civilization lurches inexorably from one crisis to the
next, without resolving the previous crises. When were we ever not in a
crisis? When I look back at my life, I recall an endless series of
geopolitical emergencies — wars, diseases, environmental disasters,
pollution, recession, cancer clusters, civil unrest, homelessness, gang
wars, stagnation, terrorism, and so on.
Perhaps it is most
accurate to define the basic characteristic of our society as one
ever-intensifying, multidimensional crisis.
It does feel as if
this multi-dimensional crisis is worsening rapidly, however. We may soon
move toward a new crescendo of emergency, and a little beyond that, a
deeper plunge into the unknown.
Why is this happening to us?...
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