Even before the 1970s, it was becoming plain that industrialization and urbanization were giving rise to a number of crises. People were losing their connection to nature, to life, to work, to other people, and even to themselves.
早在 1970 年代之前，人們就已經警覺工業化和都市化所引發的種種危機──人與自然、人與生活、人與工作、人與人，甚至人與自我，都出現了嚴重的疏離與斷裂；這種斷裂，在目前網路虛擬科技和全球化競爭時代，可謂達到了最高峰。