In Our Society Publisher's Foreword We are living in a paradoxical age. On one hand, the crudest elements of society receive front page attention in what could be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to demonstrate that mankind has not progressed at all since the stone-age. Simultaneously, there are glimmerings of progress, and not merely relative progress, but an advance to an entirely different plateau of human relations. Our Torah tradition explains that the era preceding the coming of Moshiach will be characterized by an enigma of this nature.
War appears to be a constant human condition.
Sociologists tell us that shortly after the first band of nomads decided to settle down and grow wheat, another band of nomads came to attack them and raid their crops. And we haven't changed very much, except that we have gotten better at killing. The occupation of the entire world will be to know G-d. We will develop our resources successfully and enjoy abundance. Moreover, we will understand ourselves, the people around us, and our purpose in life much better.