Second, and following from this, it suggests that the best way to address such shortcomings as we identify will be not so much by piecemeal strategies, necessary as they are bound to become at some level, as by opening our eyes to the limitations of the view of the world which underlies them, the view which, as a society, we appear to adopt as our default. It is the aim of this book to do precisely that. We don’t need a lot more quick fixes. We need a shift in the paradigm.

