A few weeks ago I came across this very ironic and thought-provoking quote by French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard:
"The skylines lit up at dead of night, the air-conditioning systems cooling empty hotels in the desert and artificial light in the middle of the day all have something both demented and admirable about them. The mindless luxury of a rich civilization, and yet of a civilization perhaps as scared to see the lights go out as was the hunter in his primitive night."
It does say a lot about our (so-called) civilization and the primal fears that yet remain firmly entrenched within most of us. It does for me.
Will we ever see the light?
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