>In my honest opinion people don't think further than their noses. 

I think perhaps right there you summarized a lot of what ails the world. I'm not necessarily out to point fingers... but I do think some it has to do with the rate of busy-ness in our lives, and the amount of information overload we have to deal with. There is so MUCH happening around us that people are forgetting how to care and pay attention and be mindful.