Summary, Part II

The book's second part extends the knowledge from the first part by connecting marine science to the arts through communication between a marine scientist and the ocean. In this summary, the earlier chapters are reviewed. In the dialog, we are reminded that the most meaningful part of life is nurturing new life under healthy living conditions. Developing healthy and joyful living conditions is possible, and with the growing human population, it should be humanity's primary task. Destructive thinking and behavior scare us and will not promote the future development of a more sustainable lifestyle. Human development and culture brought about by art, literature, philosophy, and science have extraordinary capacities and can provide the impetus for necessary mental change.