We feel very puny in this part of the twenty second century. Small and impotent, we continue to feel the burden of a potential nuclear holocaust accidental or intentional and, then again, we hear that terrorists who dislike us now have colossal bombs, too. The ground beneath our feet shakes.
Hurricanes blow towns out of existence.
There are cracks in our nuclear power plants. We now fear the possibilities of global droughts, for several reasons. Additionally, there is the threat that our credit system perhaps even the international banking system might collapse and create a world where fleshless fingers clutch at ground fish patties and powdered milk. Nor is any job secure. Careers and entire industries are being wiped out as a new economy replaces the old one.