We have many faults in our current time that can be difficult to process emotionally. But I don’t know that our ancestors from two thousand or two hundred years ago were more “Eros” and less self-destructive or more easily happy. I’m happy to have better sanitation and less ringworm than my ancestors. I’m happy that chattel slavery is no longer socially acceptable. I’m happy we are now less likely to die from injuries and illness. But we are really dumb in the present about our relationship with the planet. I do wept for that.