> Before becoming a father, ... I never thought I’d have to discourage gleeful littering ... One thing that occurred to me awhile back was that, before civiliz

> Before becoming a father, ... I never thought I’d have to discourage gleeful littering ... One thing that occurred to me awhile back was that, before civilization, littering wasn't possible because everything was something nature had a way to deal with. At some point we invented littering. I think it might have been "The Gods Must be Crazy" that clued me in.