Old brains and new ideas.
The simple answer: We are using old-world brains to solve new-world problems.
This was an era when survival was most important and the fight or flight mechanism was paramount.
We responded to the snap of a twig as signalling an immediate threat.
While man’s brains tended to continue to operate in this survival mode, the world changed drastically.
Populations increased, agriculture and farming came into being, cities evolved, technology blossomed and pollution of lands, oceans and atmospheres became threatening.
All of the world’s major problems proceeded at glacially slow speeds.
Because our human brains continued to develop in survival mode, we failed to keep up with all of the slow changes in society that eventually overwhelmed us.
At this point, you might wonder, “What does all of this have to do with Orangeville?” Orangeville was once a railroad and agricultural town, but this has changed and the town continues to grow.
The present supply of drinking water is adequate, but won’t continue indefinitely.