The story of the twentieth century
was finding out just how big
and powerful we were. And it
turns out that we're big and
powerful as all get out. The story
of the twenty-first century is going
to be finding out if we can figure
out ways to get smaller or not.
To see if we can summon the will,
and then the way, to make
ourselves somewhat smaller, and
Try to fit back into this planet.

Bill McKibben, Turning to One Another by Margaret J. Wheatley