We are way too vulnerable.
I always think of the beginning of the series “Connections”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcOb3Dilzjc
“And what in your comfortable urban life has ever prepared you for that decision?”
One of the great documentaries.
I learned so much and bought the book too.
My HS history teachers hated seeing me with that book. Ditto with The Day The Universe Changed in the 80s.