Yup. That’s it. Just look around you today. Look at all the people you meet. Look at all the people you work with. Look at all the people in the grocery store.
100 years from now (with some exceptions), all new people.
No, we’re not a bunch of emo-misanthropes– quite the contrary. Just checking ourselves with a little dose of reality and humility. This is your boat and these are your people and we’re all going to the same place. Chill out.
Duct Tape and Bubblegum 
I’ll never forget that McNelisms! It’s actually become a ‘line’ in our household 😉
Ha! Brian can’t take full credit. It’s actually one of the Buddha’s teachings about the truth of impermanence, and I think Anne Lamott made the saying famous, but don’t quote me on that. Luckily, the Buddha’s work is public domain, so we’ll take some credit today! 🙂 We find that teaching very useful to stay level headed!
People will be searching for musical instruments, because craftsmen will have stopped making them, long, long, ago.
Well put, Will!!