The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

We are all captives of a story.

If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.

A castaway in the sea was going down for the third time when he caught sight of a passing ship. Gathering his last strength, he waved frantically and called for help. Someone on board peered at him scornfully and shouted back, "Get a boat!

Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization.

The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity's captive.