> By disconnecting science from the broader, systemwide realities of nature, human experience, and emotion, we rob it of its moral power. The problem is not that we aren’t investing enough in scientific research or technological answers to our problems, but that we’re looking to science for answers that ultimately require human moral intervention.
When science is used as a defense against nature rather than as a way of engaging more harmoniously with it, we disconnect ourselves from our moral core. We lose connection to the flows of vitality that animate the whole of life. This degrades the social, emotional, and ethical fabric from which we draw our strength, establish our priorities, and initiate positive change.