You know, I really try not to think about this particular aspect. Not because I wish to remain willingly ignorant, but because it's too depressing to believe some melatonin *matters* in an age of science and technology.

Though, I heard something on NPR this morning about how it seems in the times of greatest technological advances, that cultural attitudes backslide - almost like people are incapable of rapidly advancing in both, so they have to choose one or the other. The woman used the "Dark Ages" as an example and pointed out how many technological inventions were coming into play all at the same time, and commented we may be seen as another "dark age" off in the future someday for the same reasons.