You know how it is hard to imagine what life was like a 100 years ago or more.
Dealing without so many things we take for granted like basic health care, electricity, cars, etc...

I think that some time in the future - 50 - 100 - 200 years from now - people will not have any understanding of how we live without a societal understanding / focus / effort around social capital and community. Asset Based Community Development, Assets for Youth, the amazing difference that can be made to an entire human life - in the first three years, etc... I think at some point there is going to be a large shift in societal thinking and it is going to make a world of difference.

Some people understand it now, some people do live with all kinds of social capital in their life now, in many ways the communities of 50 and 100 and more years ago - had lots of "social capital".

I think there will be a big shift to it sometime in the future.
Richard Hamilton