Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
The beauty of science is that it allows us to see the world not as it is, but as it could be.