Culture of Heedlessness

a higher purpose than merely catering to his bodily demands. He must rise from the animal level and truly live at the human level. There are two significant periods of man’s intellectual history: one, before the emergence of the consumerist culture, and the other, the period following the rise of this culture. If you reflect deeply, you will discover that man achieved a great deal in etiquette, refinement, and wisdom before the rise of the consumerist culture. In this period, excellent books on intellect and culture were written. However, after the rise of the consumerist culture, the development of etiquette, refinement, and wisdom came to a halt. In this later period, one can name hardly any book that measures up to the standard of learning and etiquette set by the past. This difference has also reached even the realm of science. Before the spread of the consumerist culture, theoretical science witnessed remarkable developments. Many great thinkers emerged in different fields of science. However, after the rise and