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Einstein remarked that the modern age has perfect means but confused ends.  Physicists have reduced matter to subatomic particles and software engineers have reduced most of what we know about the world to bits of information.  We know how things work, but not why.  We seem bewildered, actually, about why anyone makes any given choice – whether to love their kids or beat them, whether to study for a test or binge-drink.  Why do we act the way we do and make the choices we do?

Rumors of Another World – What on Earth Are We Missing?, Philip Yancey, page 20