Samenvatting

In this article it is argued that the knowledge and wisdom are there to reclaim our place in nature as a peaceful species. The technology is also there, although we walked dangerously close to the abyss to get hold of it. No one intended to become an enemy of ecology and our own survival. We gained powers we could not handle, consciousness lagged behind. Not anymore, times are changing. We have knowledge, technology and the urgent realization that things have to change. Make way for wisdom, which we have long stifled. What are we waiting for?