Ask your shrink whether it's wise to bring "new life" to this planet. Global warming, coming apocalypse, dying polar bears, etc. Your shrink will startle you. "I DO think we're headed toward an apocalypse," he says, "but I believe there will be a few scrappy people who will persist. Who will construct something new." Really? And: wait a minute. Do you now--truly--possess an answer to your original question? *** Consider venting about a recent tense dinner party. Or about a dream in which your dog was mildly ill. Instead, your shrink has a new topic. He thinks we're all wandering around in a rage, with varying levels of consciousness. He thinks this is because, almost every second, another baby dies. And another! And another! Starvation! Your shrink thinks that American prisons should resemble Norwegian prisons; Norwegian prisons are about rehabilitation. American prisons are about vengeance and rage. Scratch your head. Maybe save th...