A couple of instant problems, just add water...
#1
A study leave would be a great decision but it goes against what we have turned ourselves into. We are looking for maximum productivity at the lowest cost at all times and we have no time to waste by doing anything real with our lives. You step out of the assembly line, and you fall out of place. True for companies as well as individuals. We have reached the point beyond which actual skill is no longer possible. I.e. we're absolutely not sustainable but we have no time to become sustainable.
Conclusion:
We currently cannot sustain being sustainable.
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#2
You can see the lack of skill, character, and even theoretical knowledge in today's leaders. Soft folk, created by soft times.
Conclusion:
It's kind of good that the hard times are already upon us again.