Through experience we learn that good things come from bad, and bad come from good. We learn that life is un-judge-able, and that balance seems to permeate all things (though from micro to macro scale this balance can be difficult to see).

So I theorize that the physical contraction of our world (in the form of downscaling buildings, infrastructure, and systems) will coincide with non-physical growth.

Throughout my life (and for decades before) the 'developed' world has consumed and constructed without much thought, and this obsession with all things material - sex, consumption, power - has come at the expense of hearts and minds.

The tide is turning, and hopefully the physical suffering of contraction will for many be accompanied by a spiritual and energetic renewal.