"Only in particularly hubristic times (like now) have we expected to adapt our environment to us." You can't generalize at this level of granularity. Humans h

"Only in particularly hubristic times (like now) have we expected to adapt our environment to us." You can't generalize at this level of granularity. Humans have done a lot of "adapting the environment to us" - draining swamps, building canals, reversing rivers, building dams, making water, power, and sewage distribution systems.