Sorry about the wind and other noises (fireworks), but this is a talk about the how the environment or the world around us influences the way we think about things and the world around us. The subjective vs. the objective, things that we think about. Where we are says more about what we will be thinking that you might have realized. But is a tree conscious? Do the things we create become things in-themselves? Maybe our lives are just a reference to the places we are and are going rather than anything else.  People outsourcing the use of a car to deliver food to people on a long weekend. Is there a point where good becomes bad, or vis versa. Are we objectively experiencing this? Can we change it, or does it change on its own? Changes are real.