Third
Those who preceded us were wise to apprehend the need to live interdependently. Not only with Neanderthals and other humans but also Nature writ large. Like understanding the amazing curative power of the tiny New Zealand honeybee, whose sweet and unadulterated honey heals skin wounds better than anything designed in the most advanced lab, and made by human hands. Like protecting the rapidly shrinking Sierra Nevada icepacks, which are increasingly struggling to irrigate California’s central valley, the world’s most productive patch of land.