Why does Abram believe modern humans are detached from the natural world? What are the effects of this detachment?

Abram asserts that modern individuals are detached from the natural world because of technological inventions, monotheistic religions, and the proliferation of the written word. These cultural dynamics have also inspired notions of human supremacy over all other animals and lifeforms. Because the human is considered the only intelligent creature, modern minds believe they have dominion over the natural world, and all its inhabitants. This detachment has directly inspired humans' abuse and destruction of the planet. Because the earth is regarded as an object rather than a living entity, humans feel little need to care for or communion with it.

Why does the author believe all objects are living? What possibilities does communing with seemingly inanimate objects create?

The author posits that all objects are animate, because they all...