The Predicament of Nuclear Man - Henri Nouwen

This seems relevant now more than ever . . .  It's a longer excerpt than I generally post but certainly worth the read.

"Let me tell you an old tale of ancient India which might help us to capture the situation of nuclear man:

Four royal sons were questioning what specialty they should master.  They said to one another, 'Let us search the earth and learn a special science.'  So they decided, and after they had agreed on a place where they would meet again, the four brothers started off, each in a different direction.