Heh, yeah, but a proper reformulation would have to make it an essay. It's a big topic! When I said it as "every time the threshold is crossed," I was thinking

Heh, yeah, but a proper reformulation would have to make it an essay. It's a big topic! When I said it as "every time the threshold is crossed," I was thinking about this threshold being crossed for different aspects of our lives. The world is too large of a scope to look at singularly, but you're absolutely right that we've never been able to understand all of the relevant bits.