Its worth, in other words, is not simply that it's there as a natural resource for us. McKibben believes that our disconnection with nature has led us to forget the cyclical character of time in favor of a purely linear view of time. Small Group Assignment Many of our culture's most basic convictions are communicated on a daily basis through the stories told by means of television programming and advertising. Make a list of as many of these basic convictions as you can think of, using today's reading from McKibben as a jumping off point. You can never have enough.
Economic growth is always good.