Creative destruction Although incessant seismic activity wreaks occasional havoc in Taiwan, it has also created the very conditions necessary for sustained existence here. The rapidly rising mountains quickly erode and provide silt for the island's fertile plains.
是破壞，也是創造今天看來，全年無休的板塊運動，給了台灣人動盪不安的大地，但桀傲不馴、節節竄高的體質，也帶來快速的侵蝕與崩蹋，形成自我調節，為後來的台灣人創造了生存利基。