“You can stand back and look at this planet and see that we have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love and the community, to produce a kind of human paradise. But we are led by the least among us, the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary; we are lead by the least among us, and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.”
Terence McKenna, Culture is Not Your Friend
Sisyphus Shrugged 