And you speculate, has it always been like this, and if so, maybe we just didn't notice? Or are things more wildly out of control like never before in the history of man?
And since we can't put ourselves in other times and places and know what they knew then, we are just left to speculate... and such speculation really sets you on the road to nowhere!
** UPDATE: I think I'm in the "more wildly out of control like never before" camp. For a couple reasons: 1. There are more of us on the planet, which just amps up the craziness, and 2. We are stressing the planet like never before, we've entered the Human Beings VS. the Planet phase of our history...