I haven't posted to this blog in years but was inspired to do so by the fresh insights in an interview with Rebecca Solnit's about her book, A Paradise Built in Hell.Rebecca observes that disasters can be a force for positive transformation and sometimes bring out the best in us:
"Behind such disaster response is an assumption about human nature: that we are selfish, chaotic, greedy, brutal animals. The evidence is mostly to the contrary - the great majority of us behave with grace and generosity and, often, great courage and calm."
Read more at:
http://www.dailygood.org/story/463/rebecca-solnit-on-how-disasters-can-move-us-from-a-sense-of-self-interest-to-a-sense-of-community-mark-karlin/
