I don't think I'd trust an easy fix. I'd be nice to think that aliens could come down and just set us all straight, but I think we have to do it ourselves.

And it is getting better. It's slow, and there are some steps backwards sometimes, but it's getting better.

Who knows? Maybe in another two hundred years we'll even be able to mass produce boxes of Fancy Lads Snack Cakes again. [Civilization = Twinkies.]