the complete paradigm shift we as a global society will have to make to reconceptualize what value means...

We used to walk everywhere mostly barefoot and along well trodden paths. Then the shoe was invented, and we had a change a shift we could now safely step off that path. Then we learned to domesticate animals we could ride, and suddenly our world got a whole lot bigger. Then came the wheel and we were put back on the well worn path, waiting for trail blazers to blaze a new path for people to follow. The wagon, the train, the car, the airplane, the rockets...all led to reconceptualizing what value, society, and culture are all about. All opened new vista's and closed new vista, drove people off the path and pulled them back to the path.

...and I totally forgot where I was going with the comment, we had a power outage for the last 6 hours.