man and child walking down a road.

"The civilized man refused to adapt himself to his environment; instead, he adapted his environment to suit him. He built cities, roads, vehicles, and machinery. He put up power lines to run his labor-saving devices. However, somehow he didn't know when to stop. The more he improved his surroundings to make his life easier, the more complicated he made it. Now, his children are sentenced to 10 to 15 years at school just to learn how to survive in this complex and hazardous habitat they were born into. The civilized man, who refused to adapt himself to his natural surroundings, now finds that he has to adapt and re-adapt himself every day and every hour of the day to his self-created environment. For instance, if the day is called Monday and the number 730 comes up, you have to disadapt yourself from your domestic surroundings and re-adapt yourself to an entirely different environment. Eight double zero means everybody has to look busy; ten three zero says you can stop looking busy for 15 minutes, and then you