Groups tend to condition their surroundings for group survival. When they
deviate from this it may be taken as a sign of group sickness. There are many
telltale symptoms. I watch the sharing of food. This is a form of
communication, an inescapable sign of mutual aid which also contains a deadly
signal of dependency. It is interesting that men are the ones who usually tend
the landscape today. They are husband-men. Once, that was the sole province of
women.

-The Stolen Journals