I talk by Anupam Mishra on Ted reflects much of my beliefs about sustaining existing wisdom and building on it, rather than rushing in with new ideas that negate the old and beginning fresh each time. He speaks of water harvesting systems of the desert of Rajasthan and the efficient engineering marvels that merge seamlessly with art and cultural beliefs that have consistently delivered precious life-giving water for centuries to one of the driest places in the world, and definitely the driest in India.

He makes a comparison with the government tunnels that drew water from the Himalaya to the desert and brings insight on how the latest technology often cannot achieve what we casually assume to be old-fashioned and out-dated. We need more people like this, sure.

What we really need is for each one of us to look deep inside ourselves and find that part of us that values what is, treasures it, and builds on it rather than leave everything behind and have serial fresh starts becoming an orphan each time.

He refers to a picture being worth a thousand words, and here I present the entire video. Really, you must take the time to watch this.