CIVILISATION NEW ENLIGHTENMENT

The intellectual and cultural world of our times is tired – to put the matter gently
No sensitive person could be unaware of this pervasive fatigue
Following some magnificent human achievements of the last millennia we now seem to be spent
But at this moment in history, we cannot afford to indulge in this malaise, for humanity is threatened by the darkest, mightiest, forces that history has ever witnessed
Here I will start by reflecting a little more deeply on the inadequacy of our culture to put itself to rights, leave alone confront the evil forces at play