You say the only thing we can do to save the world is to change our way of thinking, and pass it on to others. I understand and agree with your view of our culture and the state of the world in Ishmael. But I'm so afraid that in a week or two I'll have read another book, and though I can't stop thinking about Ishmael soon enough I will forget about it and have done nothing to help change the minds of those around me, other than asking my friends and family to read your book. I'm just afraid that soon after we all read it, we'll say, "yes hmm that's very sad but I can't do anything" and just forget about it. Even if I change my way of thinking, how will that help stop something like the explosive population expansion, or the way in which farmers destroy so many species to grow our food? I know you think that if we all change our way of thinking, we will stop destroying the planet, but what can I personally do to help? • Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn