Culture can perhaps be defined as that which does not emerge or grow by itself but needs a helping hand. Paradoxically, there is nothing that comes more natural to humans than culture. Raising a child, cultivating the land – these are more than ‘natural’ things for humans to do, they are cultural undertakings. Over the course of several millennia, from the first agricultural techniques to the hypertechnological civilization we now live in, cultural techniques have liberated us from natural constraints. But in the last few decades we have reached a turning point: humans are free from natural constraints, but nature …
