The irony of the matter is that people today are networked like never before, have more technical means of communication than ever before, but at the same time are becoming more and more isolated, unlike in times when progress has not yet made the achievements of the present day part of society.

I don't think that progress per se has to be bad, but we have to be careful what "priorities" we set, because they are not always the right ones, which has consequences that we should know at least in most countries of the world.