We live in a toxic environment, we eat a great deal of food that is actually bad for us, we focus on what is superficial, we distract ourselves with shiny entertainment, we live a sped-up lifestyle and resist stillness, solitude, and delay of gratification... "Relationships" are often just encounters without much depth, and too much parenting is based on indulgence or punishment or abandonment... Education is about grades, not about teaching or learning the tools of living in the world as... Sign in to see full entry.