I Think Modern Societies Have To Ask

I Think We're Rapidly Approaching The Day Where Medical Science Can Keep People Alive In Hospitals, Hooked Up To Tubes And Things, Far Beyond When Any Kind Of Quality Of Life Is Left At All.

Let Me Offer You, Metaphorically, Two Magic Wands That Have Sweeping Powers To Change Society. With One Wand You Could Wipe Out All Racism And Discrimination From The Hearts And Minds Of White America. The Other Wand You Could Wave Across The Ghettoes And Barrios Of America And Infuse The Inhabitants With Japanese Or Jewish Values, Respect For Learning, And Ambition. ... I Suggest That The Best Wand For Society And For Those Who Live In The Ghettoes And Barrios Would Be The Second Wand.

We Have Been Maintaining A Standard Of Living By Putting Things On The Debt Of The Next Generation.

A Confucian Or Jewish Love Of Learning Would Gain Minorities Far More Than Any Affirmative Action Laws We Might Pass.

Our Globe Is Under New Dramatic Environmental Pressure: Our Globe Is Warming, Our Ice Caps Melting, Our Glaciers Receding, Our Coral Is Dying, Our Soils Are Eroding, Our Water Tables Falling, Our Fisheries Are Being Depleted, Our Remaining Rainforests Shrinking. Something Is Very, Very Wrong With Our Eco-system.