we, civilised man

The children and I enjoyed the movie, even though I've seen it before.
However, we need to ponder, over what we, 'civilised man' are really doing, on this limited earth.

Excerpt from 'The gods must be crazy' from 1980.

"....They (the Bushmen) must be the most contented people in the world. They have no crime, no punishment, no violence, no laws. No police, judges, rulers or bosses. They believe that the gods put only good and useful things on the earth for them. ln this world of theirs, nothing is bad or evil. Even a poisonous snake is not bad. You just have to keep away from the sharp end.... "

".....Only a few hundred miles to the south, there's a vast city. And here you find civilised man. 'Civilised man' refused to adapt himself to his environment. Instead he adapted his environment to suit him. So he built cities, roads, vehicles, machinery. And he put up power lines to run his labour-saving devices.

But he didn't know when to stop. The more he improved his surroundings to make life easier, the more complicated he made it.

Now his children are sentenced to 10 to 15 years of school, to learn how to survive in this complex and hazardous habitat. And civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings, now finds that he has to adapt and re-adapt."