Understanding that the desire for change is as old as civilization should help keep things in perspective.

FORBES: New Rules for Radicals, #1 -- "The Cause"

The tide of newness and civilization encroaches upon the ancient and sacred, and old ways fall prey to the inevitability of progress.

FORBES: Connect

No global blackouts, no old Soviet ICBMs racing over the North Pole, no collapse of civilization as we know it.

FORBES: Malone's musings

That's where the 24-year-old Pollock made pilgrimage in 1936 to see Orozco's 24-panel mural "The Epic of American Civilization" (1932-34), a sweeping history of the Mexican people.

WSJ: Men of Fire | Hood Museum | Becoming Jackson Pollock | By Lee Rosenbaum