When a composer feels a responsibility to make, rather than accept, he eliminates from the area of possibility all events that do not suggest that at… - John Cage

Why is it that children, taught the names of the months and the fact that there are twelve of them, don't ask why the ninth is called the seventh (September), the tenth called the eight (October), the eleventh called the ninth (November), the twelfth called the tenth (December)?

...for we have found that by excluding we grow thin inside even though we may have an enormous bank account outside.

Only chance to make the world a success for humanity lies in technology, grand possibility technology provides to do more with less, and indiscriminately for everyone. Return to nature as nature pre-technologically was, attractive and possible as it still in some places is, can only work for some of us.