ABSTRACT
Ours has been called the age of fear and uncertainty. It is an age in which young people refuse to think about the future; an epoch when most things one tries seem to bring unexpected side effects—or turn out to be dangerous for your health. The world is growing more chaotic and full of surprises. All this may be more than a simple temporary phase, a painful but passing lapse after which everything will become sane and reliable again. It may be that the Modern Age is over, about to pass into history.
