Humans are social creatures. Our ancestors developed the most complex language in the animal kingdom and we use it all the time. In fact, its rare to spend any time now where we don't meet human communication. Through television, social media, music, conversation, we are bombarded with information and it takes a lot of energy to sort through all of it and find the bits that actually hold value. Maybe its just me, but I'm beginning to notice that I value words less and val

I passed over the entirety of the United States in a matter of hours. The land below emerged from the darkness of early morning into the squares and squiggles that define our artificial borders. One farm blended into the next as the fields of corn grew to great plains grazed by herds of cattle and sheep. Only the mountains seemed untouched as the plane passed effortlessly over their untrammeled wilderness. The last time I passed through these parts I was bound to look at