where his civilizations, including our own

I think what bugs me is how much it drops out of the public eye after the disaster. You can see it happening to Haiti right now, and of course, a lot of people on Twitter have given up caring about Iran. I try and retweet things to give them a signal boost, but then I do think I fall into the category of people who care about such things year round. (Which may be a false self-assessment.)