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“We are all living in a wildly more complicated world than we were born into. And at the same time the trust in our institutions, in government, in family, in individuals, is eroding. And lack of trust creates fear, and fear creates anger….our political system appeals to the worst, not the best in us.”

This book is 30 years old.

Fear makes us selfish…the more we fear death the more we cling to ourselves, our belongings, our safe spaces… to that which is familiar. We exhibit increased nationalism, racism and religious intolerance…become more materialistic. We even abandon our feelings of environmental responsibility because we sense the planet is a lost cause and we’re all doomed anyway.