Fascinating quote from modern-day wit Douglas Coupland (inventor of the phrase "McJob"):
"The modern world is devoted to vanishing species, vanishing weather and
vanishing capacity for wonder."
From his latest novel, The Gum Thief.
I think this perception is true. But how does one make inquiry into such a trade?
Have to admire the creator of the Cloud Appreciation Society, who did find a way to monetize wonder.
Speaking of which, here's my latest fav pic from what John Muir called "Cloudland":