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First, explain the significance of the following statement in your own words: "The brevity of our lives breeds a kind of temporal parochialism—an ignorance of or an indifference to those planetary gears which turn more slowly than our own." Then, consider whether/how this statement applies to you, to your peers, to our society at large. Please provide a reflection about how/where you identify this problem (in yourself and/or in our culture) and how this class (and hopefully your education more widely) has helped you think less parochially