Conclusion

Abstract

We have reached a tantalizing moment in Western history. We live in an age of extraordinary wealth, of technological revolution, of a global compression of time and space, of great transformation in our secret worlds of dreams, aspirations, desires and expectations for self-fulfilment, love and sense of purpose, of new gender relations and ways of living together in and outside families as parents, children, partners, lovers and friends, of unimaginable potential for work which is cognitively demanding, emotionally engaging and collectively rewarding, of opportunity for everyone to have a decent standard of living and to develop their multiple intelligence, of new ways of living together which celebrate our cultural diversity and common humanity. This is the promise.

The human race after so long standing in shame at its failed possibilities should now move towards a new millennium, where overcoming our pettiness and our fears, we might begin to astonish even the gods.

Ben Okri