Excerpt #132 from my book, Religion, An Obstacle to Human Progress
“Humanity is at one of the most decisive moments of its young history, but we continue to manage our own little affairs, defend our own little interests, simmer our little hatreds, as though we had eternity before us.
“A radical change in our modes of production, consumption and life is no longer a symposium subject, but a vital necessity.
“Most of the great evils – poverty, hunger, lack of access to potable water, inadequate or non-existent health care, ecological upsets, unequal access to communication techniques – are not due to physical, technical, or monetary scarcity.
“The old geopolitical concepts of power rivalry are unsuited to these challenges, which demand, on the contrary, a formidable collective intelligence capacity, the establishment of cooperative non-military strategies…” – Patrick Viveret, Le Monde