currently we are being pushed to produce/consume

but after taking a long hiatus and trying to figure out society, different viewpoints ... basically I don't want to get philosophical, but what you've written makes sense, it's just a society in transit as with everything. Currently we are going for a global pan-culture or something like it, while we are leaving the rural and simpler life behind. I think there are great values and lessons to learn from every place in time and every human :)