This summer's weather has been simultaneously welcomed and frustrating. It has been considerably cooler than last year, but has been much wetter. Both lead to far fewer fires, which is a huge plus, but the rain has also made it hard to plan for going outside. I've been playing weekend bike outings by ear rather than setting something on the calendar and holding fast to a date. Last summer I turned around on rides because I was coughing up nearby forest fire smoke, but this year I've been watching the clouds and second guessing because I don't want to get caught in this. When forced to choose between the two I would always pick the latter, but it's been a bit of a bummer in that there's waiting and cancellations involved... and sometimes the clouds build to what looks like a certain downpour and never produce a drop.
Today was another one of those days. I watched the same clouds with falling curtains of rain gather and build throughout the day, between here and the canyons (i.e. cycling climbs) to the west of Boulder city limits, and eventually spill over east onto Niwot, Erie, Longmont, etc. It seemed like cells were aggregating and raining slightly earlier than usual this morning, so I hoped for a clear late afternoon and made plans for an outing with Xavier around 5. At 4:45 it seemed more certain than ever in the day to rain very soon, so I backed out. Instead I went to the grocery store... and it didn't rain. Skunked yet again. With just about an hour of daylight left, not only did it not rain, but the skies cleared up almost completely.
Too late to ride, I changed into running clothes and headed to Chautauqua for a fallback 30 minute run. With 45 minutes of daylight left, I left the Jeep and noticed a prominent double rainbow to the east and bright baby blue cloudless skies to the west over the Flatirons. I began an ascent of the familiar Bluebell "road" the same as many other runs... This time, however, Chautauqua was in very rare form. The light was softer than even other dusk outings. I noticed that late summer had very noticeably taken a step towards fall in the colors of the grass, brush and leaves; purples, greens and blues have morphed to browns, yellows and reds. Temporary signs told me to "expect" bear activity in the area and not just to "be bear aware" like normal, so I paid a bit more attention. A deer ran right in front of me across the trail as I turned left onto the Mesa trail. Once properly in the trees and on the Mesa trail, the trail changes from gravel to dirt and roots, and I've run that stretch of trail dozens of times, but this time the dirt was the darkest red I've ever perceived it; a distinct brick red. I ran past another grazing deer so close I could have petted her. The east faces of Green Mountain and Bear Peak were dark, photosynthesis done for the day, but Bear Peak's north-northwest faces were brightly illuminated by the last minutes of sunlight. It completely changed my perspective on a familiar mountain. I've always thought it was a pretty area, but tonight was off the charts. Almost exactly a year ago that same face was on fire, and that burn scar was on a spotlight, as were the corners of the Flatirons below. I slowed to a walk en route to the steps towards Fern canyon to soak it in. Hundreds of people had likely traveled the same spot as me that day, but hadn't seen it in these few minutes and quite like this. At the steps I turned around and cruised the same trail in reverse until I got to Bluebell, but took an alternate path back to the Jeep to get a few more rollers, roots, and turns through the trees in before dinner.
This outing became one of those unexpected gems when those who are fortunate enough to be there get a rare insight into a setting in its prime. Or maybe even more than prime. It was almost a reassurance that somebody (or Somebody, rather) wants the witnesses to catch a glimpse of a creation perfected, in a time when heightened senses aren't necessary to notice, and you can't help but recognize how special and amazing a place is.
Either by coincidence or maybe because I'm looking for a reason to stay, these moments seem to happen more frequently around times either when I consider leaving Boulder or when somebody suggests I should consider leaving Boulder. Yesterday, for example, I met with a group of friends who are now ex-co-workers. At one point we were talking about areas in between Denver and Boulder that were more affordable which would have a lot to offer me should I ever want to move. It momentarily became a sales pitch, which I've listened to before, and am fine with hearing out. There are plenty of really good arguments to burst through the bubble, but as far as I'm concerned, none of them apply to me or are valid right now. No offense to those that don't live in this People's Republic, but I honestly can't consider leaving right now. Peers have suggested I make the move a few times over the years, and I've mulled it over on my own accord. Earlier this year I thought very hard about applying to jobs not even in Colorado (back to Austin, or further west to Park City or the California coast). I waffled a whole bunch, and eventually had an experience like today where I concluded I would be insane to leave. I know that all good things come to an end (more on that in a future post, I'm sure) and allegedly if you love something you should let it go... but I have repeatedly considered, and just cannot convince myself, to move east of the Boulder greenbelt. At this point Boulder might as well be in my DNA. In short, I love it here. I'm home.
If you have never experienced a moment like I did tonight, I'm rooting for you. Seek it out elsewhere if somewhere calls out to you. A moment might present itself as the one desert sunrise or ocean sunset per year that blows the others out of the water. It could be Paris on a full moon, or the sky from deep in the Outback on a new moon. It might simply be the way your cornfield looks for one day at the peak of summer in a terrific growing year... I can't say for everyone, but what I can say for sure is that when it happens you'll know, and chances are when it does, you're home, whether you live there or not.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Boulder County cycling climbs
According to John Summerson's Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike) In Colorado, despite there being lots of steep paved grades in Colorado, 6 of the 10 cycling climbs with the greatest length of 10%+ grade in the entire state are in Boulder. I don't know if that's true or not, but after thinking back and comparing to some of the high elevation mountain passes I've ridden elsewhere in Colorado, I can say with certainty that the steepest climbs I've completed have been in Boulder. [Aside from a wall or two on Cottonwood, Vail and perhaps Hoosier pass, the challenge on the mountain passes is altitude rather than grade.] Suffice it to say there are some lung-busting roads around here to ascend, all starting within city limits. All of the top climbs are featured in the Rocky Mountain Cycling Club's "5 Devils" race year after year (2012 and 2013), which currently seems impossible for my legs/lungs.
So, loyal Boulder resident reader, below I list the cycling climbs from your front door, ranked by difficulty as I see it.
So, loyal Boulder resident reader, below I list the cycling climbs from your front door, ranked by difficulty as I see it.
Advanced
require strong legs, cardio and experience
- Magnolia Road (to dirt) - http://app.strava.com/segments/617452 (pure unbridled masochism)
- Super Flag - http://app.strava.com/segments/626263
- Sugarloaf to Switzerland Trail / Sugarloaf summit trail - (from mouth of Boulder Canyon: http://app.strava.com/segments/688595, from Boulder Canyon turn onto Sugarloaf: http://app.strava.com/segments/639707)
- Super James (to dirt) - http://app.strava.com/segments/764346
- Lefthand Canyon to Ward - http://app.strava.com/segments/1539
Intermediate
will tax your legs, require stamina and practice
- Lee Hill east including Deer Trail (to dirt) - http://app.strava.com/segments/725370
- Linden Ave "all right turns" to Wild Horse (slightly more difficult than Sunshine in my opinion because there are no recovery sections like Sunshine has) - http://app.strava.com/segments/659792
- Sunshine Canyon (Sanitas to dirt) - http://app.strava.com/segments/666808
- Linden Ave "all lefts" to Hawk, which does have recovery sections - http://app.strava.com/segments/636163
- Flagstaff to Amphitheater without Super Flag
- Lee Hill east climb to horse farm / roller
- Fourmile Canyon from Boulder Canyon to dirt: http://app.strava.com/segments/822367
Introductory
shortest, beginner grades
- Jamestown - to town only, without continuing to dirt beyond the town:
- Old Stage south: http://app.strava.com/segments/711227
- NCAR: http://app.strava.com/segments/676117
- Lee Hill west from Lefthand to Deer Trail: http://app.strava.com/segments/649341
- Old Stage north
I think the top 5 are in a separate class than the rest. If you can finish those without needing to stop then you are a very solid cyclist. There is definitely a jump going from Introductory to Intermediate, but don't be afraid to discover the difference between Jamestown and Lee Hill on your own!
I did not include Boulder Canyon all the way to Nederland because I have no desire to ride it. Once while sport climbing near Boulder Falls I heard a cyclist get hit by a car. I think the guy was fine - even though he got carted off in an ambulance - but I have no desire to ever climb this road beyond Sugarloaf due to heavy traffic and lack of shoulder. In my opinion, it's as bad or worse than Monarch Pass for rider safety.
I did not include Boulder Canyon all the way to Nederland because I have no desire to ride it. Once while sport climbing near Boulder Falls I heard a cyclist get hit by a car. I think the guy was fine - even though he got carted off in an ambulance - but I have no desire to ever climb this road beyond Sugarloaf due to heavy traffic and lack of shoulder. In my opinion, it's as bad or worse than Monarch Pass for rider safety.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Colorado [paved] passes cycling project
This summer's goal: climb as many of the high passes across the state as I can before it starts snowing again.
Here are some helpful links, in case you're interested in riding some of these:
I've listed the climbs I have completed below, ranked by in order of a combination of "most enjoyable, scenic, safe and challenging" - arbitrary at best, but may be of value to someone. I'll update this table as I progress.
You can see all these climbs on a map by glancing at my Strava heatmap.
TODO -
Here are some helpful links, in case you're interested in riding some of these:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_mountain_passes
- http://cyclepass.com/index_p.html
- http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Climbing-Bike-Colorado/dp/0979257131
I've listed the climbs I have completed below, ranked by in order of a combination of "most enjoyable, scenic, safe and challenging" - arbitrary at best, but may be of value to someone. I'll update this table as I progress.
You can see all these climbs on a map by glancing at my Strava heatmap.
TODO -
- Slumgullion east?
- Loveland south
- Monarch west?
- Wolf Creek, east and west
- Berthoud north
- Molas
- Lizard Head
- Coal Bank, south (and north?)
- McClure, north and south
- Kenosha?
- Gore, east and west
- Grand Mesa south
- Cameron / Ft. Collins area
- La Manga and Cumbres (Antonito to state line on 17 and back)
And to finish it off, some high altitude rides, not counted as passes -
- Trail Ridge Rd, east and west? (Fall River Pass?)
- Mt. Evans, north?
Honorable mention
Climbs which are not high passes but deserve attention and offer a challenge, potentially even greater than the passes above:
- Magnolia
- Sugarloaf
- Flagstaff
- Lefthand Canyon
- Elk Ln
- Rist Canyon
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
2003-02-25 The Vogue, Indianapolis
Spring and even summer are really starting to creep into Colorado over the last week or so, and as a result (I think) I've had bluegrass on the brain. Something about summer in the mountains I guess... Anyways, I was thinking back to one particular show that I went to in college...
In the winter of 2003 I decided on fairly short notice that I wanted to see Yonder Mountain String Band, who hailed from somewhere named Nederland - up the canyon from Boulder according to my road atlas. I was in the midst of a huge Grateful Dead kick and had read an article where Phil called Yonder the next best thing, who the Dead would ostensibly pass the torch to, with Phish on hiatus, as it were. I'd never heard Yonder, but if Phil gave them praise (not to mention my obsession with all things Colorado) then I wanted a piece of the action, so I went straight out and bought their debut cd. I found out online that they were on tour and in the Midwest. Coming to Indianapolis to be exact. It was a Tuesday night, mid-semester, a few months before graduation. A two hour drive from Oxford seemed well worth the gas money to Sarah and I. This unassuming Tuesday night turned out to be a very memorable experience.
Reeltime Travelers, who have since gone their separate ways, opened the show. I was as impressed by them as I was by YMSB. Amazingly, somebody filmed the entire Reeltime Travelers set from that night, so you can relive it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72aEHemhJ-I&list=PLD464DF2186986C5C if you wish to. Various members of the band have gone on to their own careers and are hopefully doing well today. Their only album still in distribution is for sale on Amazon, and highly recommended: http://www.amazon.com/Livin-Reeltime-Thinkin-Old-Time/dp/B0037UTGCS. During Yonder's show they were in the audience and enjoying the show as much as the rest of us. That was a first for me.
Yonder's portion of the night needs little introduction and speaks for itself. You can download it at http://archive.org/details/ymsb2003-02-25.shnf. As you can see from the YouTube link above, there were only probably 100 people at the show, so the bar atmosphere was intimate to say the least. This was years before Yonder would sell out Red Rocks, which was very enjoyable in its own right and coincidentally also a night I was also able to participate in with them, but this was more intimate and for that very reason to a certain extent, better. I can't really say that they were just cutting their teeth on this cold Tuesday night, since the show was tight and the music was excellent, but again, this clearly wasn't Red Rocks. It was a lot of fun following Yonder's growth over the next several years from this show, seeing them in Austin, Houston, and Colorado, but this likely inconsequential night in the grand scheme of all things Yonder was one of my favorites. Maybe it was also more interesting because it was something new, but I really think the intimate setting had a lot to do with it.
Continuing my little interest theme in things local and small, this memory reiterates to me that the faux-experiences and pseudo-conversations on Facebook and Instagram so many people are participating in these days aren't worth the time spent on them. I've spent more time than I care to even calculate on Facebook in the last 5 years. It's best to diminish the virtual stuff and focus on more real experiences. I'm not saying social media and the internet in general is a bad thing, but I hope everyone who hasn't come to a similar conclusion about their relationship with their Facebook news feed does so sooner than later. Otherwise, we're all missing out on lots of unassuming Tuesday nights that turn out to be diamonds in the rough.
In the winter of 2003 I decided on fairly short notice that I wanted to see Yonder Mountain String Band, who hailed from somewhere named Nederland - up the canyon from Boulder according to my road atlas. I was in the midst of a huge Grateful Dead kick and had read an article where Phil called Yonder the next best thing, who the Dead would ostensibly pass the torch to, with Phish on hiatus, as it were. I'd never heard Yonder, but if Phil gave them praise (not to mention my obsession with all things Colorado) then I wanted a piece of the action, so I went straight out and bought their debut cd. I found out online that they were on tour and in the Midwest. Coming to Indianapolis to be exact. It was a Tuesday night, mid-semester, a few months before graduation. A two hour drive from Oxford seemed well worth the gas money to Sarah and I. This unassuming Tuesday night turned out to be a very memorable experience.
Reeltime Travelers, who have since gone their separate ways, opened the show. I was as impressed by them as I was by YMSB. Amazingly, somebody filmed the entire Reeltime Travelers set from that night, so you can relive it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72aEHemhJ-I&list=PLD464DF2186986C5C if you wish to. Various members of the band have gone on to their own careers and are hopefully doing well today. Their only album still in distribution is for sale on Amazon, and highly recommended: http://www.amazon.com/Livin-Reeltime-Thinkin-Old-Time/dp/B0037UTGCS. During Yonder's show they were in the audience and enjoying the show as much as the rest of us. That was a first for me.
Yonder's portion of the night needs little introduction and speaks for itself. You can download it at http://archive.org/details/ymsb2003-02-25.shnf. As you can see from the YouTube link above, there were only probably 100 people at the show, so the bar atmosphere was intimate to say the least. This was years before Yonder would sell out Red Rocks, which was very enjoyable in its own right and coincidentally also a night I was also able to participate in with them, but this was more intimate and for that very reason to a certain extent, better. I can't really say that they were just cutting their teeth on this cold Tuesday night, since the show was tight and the music was excellent, but again, this clearly wasn't Red Rocks. It was a lot of fun following Yonder's growth over the next several years from this show, seeing them in Austin, Houston, and Colorado, but this likely inconsequential night in the grand scheme of all things Yonder was one of my favorites. Maybe it was also more interesting because it was something new, but I really think the intimate setting had a lot to do with it.
Continuing my little interest theme in things local and small, this memory reiterates to me that the faux-experiences and pseudo-conversations on Facebook and Instagram so many people are participating in these days aren't worth the time spent on them. I've spent more time than I care to even calculate on Facebook in the last 5 years. It's best to diminish the virtual stuff and focus on more real experiences. I'm not saying social media and the internet in general is a bad thing, but I hope everyone who hasn't come to a similar conclusion about their relationship with their Facebook news feed does so sooner than later. Otherwise, we're all missing out on lots of unassuming Tuesday nights that turn out to be diamonds in the rough.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Small is Beautiful notes - Part I, Chapter 2
I just read Small is Beautiful and believe many more people should
read it. It was first published 40 years ago, but still mostly reads as
if it could have been written in the present. Its content, ideas, and
warnings are remarkably relevant today. If you can't spend the time to
read the whole book, hopefully this mini book report will give you
enough insight to perhaps change your perspective a bit.
Here's the book on Amazon! And Wikipedia!
Outline:
He begins by refuting idealists who suggest world peace will finally come once everybody has everything they need. But material wealth has never led to true happiness and peace. In modern vernacular, watch 5 minutes of The Kardashians or The Real Housewives of wherever... I'm no expert on those shows but based on the previews I can promise you fights and lusting after somebody else's boyfriend, house, dress, or whatever else.
The theory rebuked in chapter 1 suggested we have solved the mystery of producing enough of everything for everyone in an ongoing manner. Believers in that theory could ostensibly extrapolate that we should reach world peace once the productions methods of the developed world reach the developing nations, given the dominant modern belief that the soundest foundation of peace is universal prosperity. Schumacher asks whether this is really true and predicts that there really isn't enough to go around for everyone to be rich with current production systems and the demands of mankind. He suggests that in order for there to be enough for everyone, people of developed nations need to consider what they have as "enough" and be content, but that is extremely uncommon thinking for modern man.
The chapter winds down with comments about wisdom and technology, and how we would all benefit from a shift towards technology and machines which are
Here's the book on Amazon! And Wikipedia!
Part I : The Modern World
Chapter 2 : Peace and Permanence
This is a chapter partly about materialism through the eyes of the capitalist economist longing for never-ending economic growth. It continues the theme of "what's wrong with the world today" started in chapter 1. It's about the U.S.A. in the 19th century and China in the 21st century. Schumacher's words could have been written yesterday. It's fascinating to me that he wrote this in 1973.Outline:
- People claim that the road to peace is the same as the road to riches (economic growth). That isn't true. [One reason for this is that riches require fuel, and fuel is finite. Scarcity leads to war.]
- Economic growth, which viewed from the point of view of economics, physics, chemistry and technology, has no discernible limit, must necessarily run into decisive bottlenecks when viewed from the point of view of the environmental sciences.
- The road to peace is actually wisdom - wisdom to be good stewards of our resources, wisdom to realize our true needs and reduce our "needs" list, wisdom to use technology for good, wisdom to prevent greed and envy, etc.
He begins by refuting idealists who suggest world peace will finally come once everybody has everything they need. But material wealth has never led to true happiness and peace. In modern vernacular, watch 5 minutes of The Kardashians or The Real Housewives of wherever... I'm no expert on those shows but based on the previews I can promise you fights and lusting after somebody else's boyfriend, house, dress, or whatever else.
The theory rebuked in chapter 1 suggested we have solved the mystery of producing enough of everything for everyone in an ongoing manner. Believers in that theory could ostensibly extrapolate that we should reach world peace once the productions methods of the developed world reach the developing nations, given the dominant modern belief that the soundest foundation of peace is universal prosperity. Schumacher asks whether this is really true and predicts that there really isn't enough to go around for everyone to be rich with current production systems and the demands of mankind. He suggests that in order for there to be enough for everyone, people of developed nations need to consider what they have as "enough" and be content, but that is extremely uncommon thinking for modern man.
What is "enough"? Who can tell us? Certainly not the economist who pursues "economic growth" as the highest of all values, and therefore has no concept of "enough." There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: "Halt! We have enough"? There is none.He then calls out the fact that "more prosperity means a greater use of fuel," which won't last forever, and that scarcity of fuel will definitely not end with peace.
It is clear that the "rich" are in the process of stripping the world of its once-for-all endowment of relatively cheap and simple fuels. It is their continuing economic growth which produces ever more exorbitant demands, with the result that the world's cheap and simple fuels could easily become dear and scarce long before the poor countries had acquired the wealth, education, industrial sophistication, and power of capital accumulation needed for the application of alternative fuels on any significant scale. ... Here is a source of conflict if ever there was one.From there he states we all must begin to reevaluate our wants and needs, and will really only have a chance at peace and true happiness (and permanence) when we dial back our pursuit of luxuries and instead pursue wisdom.
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.I wasn't alive 40 years ago, but I have to believe the need for the restoration of wisdom has increased greatly from 1973 to 2013. There are an incredible number of unwise people alive today. I shouldn't rant further about that, though.
...
The idea of unlimited economic growth, more and more until everybody is saturated with wealth, needs to be seriously questioned on at least two counts: the availability of basic resources, and alternatively or additionally, the capacity of the environment to cope with the degree of interference implied.
...
If human vices such as greed and envy are systematically cultivated, the inevitable result is nothing less than a collapse of intelligence.
...
The foundations of peace cannot be laid by universal prosperity, in the modern sense, because such prosperity, if attainable at all, is attainable only by cultivating such drives of human nature as greed and envy, which destroy intelligence, happiness, serenity, and there the peacefulness of man.
The chapter winds down with comments about wisdom and technology, and how we would all benefit from a shift towards technology and machines which are
- cheap enough so that they are accessible to virtually everyone;
- suitable for small-scale application; and
- compatible with man's need for creativity.
This chapter is full of things wrong with the world. Each of them get more attention later in the book... but if you never read the book at all, just reading this chapter alone would do you a lot of good.
- Permanence is incompatible with a predatory attitude which rejoices in the fact that "what were luxuries for our fathers have become necessities for us."
- The cultivation and expansion of needs is the antithesis of wisdom.
- We must look for a revolution in technology to give us inventions and machines which reverse the destructive trends now threatening us all.
- Above anything else there is need for a proper philosophy of work which understands work not as that which it has become, an inhuman chore as soon as possible to be abolished by automation, but as something "decreed by Providence for the good of man's body and soul."
- How could we even begin to disarm greed and envy? Perhaps by being much less greedy and envious ourselves; perhaps by resisting the temptation of letting our luxuries become needs; and perhaps by even scrutinizing our needs to see if they cannot be simplified and reduced. If we do not have the strength to do any of this, could we perhaps stop applauding the type of economic "progress" which palpably lacks the basis of permanence and give what modest support to those who, unafraid of being denounced as cranks, work for non-violence: as conservationists, ecologists, protectors of wildlife, promoters of organic agriculture, distributists, cottage producers, and so forth? An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Small is Beautiful notes - Part I, Chapter 1
I just read Small is Beautiful and believe many more people should read it. It was first published 40 years ago, but still mostly reads as if it could have been written in the present. Its content, ideas, and warnings are remarkably relevant today. If you can't spend the time to read the whole book, hopefully this mini book report will give you enough insight to perhaps change your perspective a bit.
Here's the book on Amazon! And Wikipedia!
There is a lot of content in these first 10 pages, so it's difficult to distill. Here are a few select quotes:
Here's the book on Amazon! And Wikipedia!
Part I : The Modern World
Chapter 1 : The Problem of Production
Synopsis: Mankind erroneously believes we have solved the mystery of producing enough of everything for everyone in an ongoing manner, but in fact our current production system depends on finite resources at an unsustainable pace and therefore is not unsustainable.There is a lot of content in these first 10 pages, so it's difficult to distill. Here are a few select quotes:
They may disagree on many things but they all agree that the problem of production has been solved; that mankind has at last come of age. For the rich countries, they say, the most important task now is "education or leisure" and, for the poor countries, the "transfer of technology."
The illusion of unlimited powers, nourished by astonishing scientific and technological achievements, has produced the concurrent illusion of having solved the problem of production. The latter illusion is based on the failure to distinguish between income and capital where the distinction matters most... namely, the irreplaceable capital which man has not made, but simply found, and without which he can do nothing. ... [i.e. this illusion is] mainly due to our inability to recognize that the modern industrial system, with all its intellectual sophistication, consumes the very basis on which is has been erected.
...we are estranged from reality and inclined to treat as valueless everything that we have not made ourselves.
If we treated [fossil fuels] as capital items [instead of income], we should be concerned with conservation; we should do everything in our power to try and minimize their current rate of use...
All these questions and answers are seen to be absurd the moment we realize that we are dealing with capital and not income: fossil fuels are not made by men; they cannot be recycled. Once they are gone they are gone forever.
If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization; but if we squander the capital represented by living nature around us, we threaten life itself.
...our most important task is to get off our present collision course. And who is there to tackle such a task? I think every one of us, whether old or young, powerful or powerless, rich or poor, influential or uninfluential. To talk about the future is useful only if it leads to action now.
We often hear it said that we are entering the era of "the Learning Society." Let us hope this is true. We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature and, above all, with those Higher Powers which have made nature and have made us; for, assuredly, we have not come about by accident and certainly have not made ourselves.
This is merely the introduction to the book and to Part I of it, but already the book's format is revealed; a methodical case being made with a ready supply of evidence, with some harsh reality, optimism, and a bit of Schumacher's Christian worldview sprinkled in for good measure.
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