As long as the roots are not severed, all will be well in the garden (opens in new tab)

We May Be Entering A Second Axial Age - "The quality of what grows above the ground depends on the quality of the soil beneath it... When the social soil is healthy — when trust runs deep, when shared reality holds, when people can communicate and sense together and act from it — everything above ground flourishes. When the social soil is depleted, no amount of structural reengineering can compensate. Structures become hollow. Coordination fails. Conflicts and wars increase. The system eats i...