Modern man exhibits an amazing lack of 
: realism for all that matters. For the 
: meaning of life and death, for happiness and 
: suffering, for feeling and serious thought. 
: He has covered up the whole reality of human 
: existence and replaced it with his 
: artificial, prettified picture of 
: pseudo-reality, not too different from the 
: savages who lost their land and freedom for 
: glittering glass beads.' (Erich Fromm - The 
: Sane Society)