In today's world, many people are really not survivors, nor are they as protected as they believe. As people who started out in the woods, using what is in front of us as a means of survival, we have all become comfortable through the ages based on what can be offered and made. Today we have a government that regulates and distributes the resources we want, that recruits men and women to protect us as much as they can and we, as a people, do not question it. As a society, we simply accept what we are given, while settling back into our seats, losing all sense of the skills that got us to this point. But do people really know what to do when something goes wrong? Do people know how to defend themselves? What supplies to stock? Any techniques if they run out of supplies? Even though we are all comfortable in a life that seems safe and protected, in a world that seems to be deteriorating, it is still important for people to develop important skills to survive, even if it is "just in case ". " Scenario. How we got to this point is quite simple. We have come to believe that our need for knowledge of these basic skills for survival has greatly diminished. Why hunt and gather for food or even farming your own food, when there are supermarkets around the corner? Why learn to protect ourselves when there are people paid to protect us? Why learn to use certain hand tools when there are electric drills and plenty? seemingly infinite energy to use them? Why learn to build when others will do it for us? Sociologist Professor Richard G. Mitchell Jr. says: “We live in a society that places less importance on commitment to "culturecraft". Modernity gives us more things...... middle of paper ...... political rancor. independent if necessary, because in today's world we try to build ourselves very high, but the fall below is quite a drop, and you never know when we might topple. Works Cited Glenn, David. “Doing field work among survivors.” The Chronicle of Higher Education 48.28 (2002). OneFile Academic. Internet. April 8, 2010.McKinnell, Julia. "'Hurricane Katrina was a turning point for me. They knew a disaster was coming. They still couldn't help anyone.' Bestselling author Neil Strauss talks to Julia McKinnell about fear, survival, and lessons on building character. Maclean's, March 23, 2009: Academic OneFile April 8, 2010. USA. 2004. The web April 6.. 2010. .