I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change.
Wariness about change is a kind of prairie wisdom.
To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it.
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.
We can't give our children the future, strive though we may to make it secure. But we can give them the present.