:06:02
Instead he adapted his environment
to suit him.
:06:05
So he built cities, roads,
vehicles, machinery.
:06:08
And he put up power lines
to run his labour-saving devices.
:06:13
But he didn't know when to stop.
:06:15
The more he improved his
surroundings to make life easier...
:06:18
...the more complicated he made it.
:06:20
Now his children are sentenced to
10 to 15 years of school, to learn...
:06:24
...how to survive in this complex
and hazardous habitat.
:06:28
And civilized man, who refused
to adapt to his surroundings...
:06:32
...now finds he has to adapt
and re-adapt...
:06:35
...every hour of the day
to his self-created environment.
:06:39
For instance, if it's Monday...
:06:41
...and 7:30 comes up, you have to dis-
adapt from your domestic surroundings...
:06:46
...and re-adapt yourself to an
entirely different environment.
:06:57
8:00 means everybody
has to look busy.
:07:06
I've got a good story
about handicapped children.
:07:09
Handicapped children? No! You don't
recommend stuff you don't....
:07:14
Sorry. I'll only print sweetness and light,
even if it bores the pants off them.
:07:20
10:30 means you can stop looking
busy for 15 minutes.
:07:26
And then,
you have to look busy again.
:07:30
-Hi, Kate.
-Hi, Pete.
:07:32
Can you use this about the
teacher shortage in Botswana?
:07:35
-Good story?
-Yeah.
:07:36
They'll take anybody
who can read and write.
:07:39
I don't know. I got bawled out
for writing a story on mugging.
:07:43
My page should be sweet and light,
like Liberace and Jackie Onassis.
:07:47
Your day is chopped into pieces.
In each segment of time...
:07:51
-...you adapt to new circumstances.
-May I share a table?
:07:55
No wonder some people go
off the rails a bit.