People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.
Since that time up until the present time, there have been progress, and changes all through the time. The changes have not come by themselves; these changes have come from the doings of everyone in the country.
Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over the past several centuries.
The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.
One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies.
It's very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you're farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are.
Multiculturalism may well be our saviour, wresting us out from the straitjacket of our history, thrusting the old continent into an environment where other ethnicities, less cynical and more positive, will play a big role in its future.
Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
People are moving into modes of participation and self-generation, which apply to everything from museums and television to architecture.
I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.