«The canonization of scripture,» he writes, «both Jewish and Christian, was no doubt complicated by all kinds of less - than -
perfect human motivations, as indeed in the writing of scripture in the first place.
I was hardly
perfect, but hopefully conveyed my core conclusion: that in our variegation and imperfection, we
humans — with
motivation and sustained work — are perfectly suited for surviving, and perhaps thriving, in a consequential, complicated century and changing climate.