Our fundamental problem is world destruction, caused by an irreconcilable contradiction between the natural world and the engineered world of industrialism. This conflict between Nature and human interest may have begun with the first tools and weapons, but only with the triumph of industrialism has it become absolute. Today the creaturely world is absolutely at the mercy of industrial processes, which are doing massive ecological damage. How much of this damage may be repairable by combined economic and cultural changes remains to be seen.
Industrial destructiveness, anyhow, is our disease. ...
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