A Chinese proverb says, "If you want to know what water is, don't ask the fish." Water is the sum and substance of the world in which the fish is immersed. The fish may not reflect on its own environment until suddenly it is thrust onto dry land and struggles for its life. Then it realizes water provided its sustenance.

Immersed in our environment for the last thirty years, we failed to take the ramifications seriously. Suddenly we are thrust into this humanistic world view, and we wonder how it happened.