In the name of modernity we are creating dysfunctional societies that are breeding pathological behavior – violence, extreme competitiveness, suicide, drug abuse, greed, and environmental degradation – at every hand. Such behavior is an inevitable consequence when a society fails to meet the needs of its members for social bonding, trust, affection, and a shared sacred meaning. The threefold crisis of deepening poverty, environmental destruction, and social disintegration is a manifestation of this dysfunction. (From the book”When Corporations Rule the World” by David Korten, pages 261 – 2)