He believes that if we don't try to change, then all we can do is lament and shake our heads about being caught in the great web of the socioeconomic system. Yet by relearning some "life skills," you gain capital with which you can fight off being controlled by the system, and can go a step farther to fight against social, economic and environmental degradation.
他認為，如果不做改變，現代人就只能困在社會、經濟體制的大羅網裡搖頭嘆息；而人們一旦能恢復「生活能力」，才有本錢、有機會擺脫大環境的制約，進而對社會經濟、生態環境的沈淪有所行動。