[chiefalchemist]

Perhaps. But if not us then who?

Maybe it's not a matter of who we are, but who we should be?

Easier said than done? Oh yeah, we're soft and lazy from a life diet high on - literally - coconvenience.

Put another way, when we collectively decide "we can't talk about X or Y" the control of that topic gets outsourced: outsourced to "leaders" who evidently are less capable.

In short, yes there is risk. But the alternatives consistently qualify as insanity.