“This too is part of the human psyche – a burning sense of irrevocable loss yoked to a fatalistic acceptance of “progress” and “improvement” and the hubristic idea that “now” – the time in which we live – is superior to all previous times. The proofs given are usually technological “improvements.”

“This too is part of the human psyche – a burning sense of irrevocable loss yoked to a fatalistic acceptance of “progress” and “improvement” and the hubristic idea that “now” – the time in which we live – is superior to all previous times. The proofs given are usually technological “improvements.”

— Annie Proulx