I originally posted this as a comment - apologies.
I think our greatest strength is the enormous boost in flexibility and intellectual development we're able to cultivate due to the increases in standards of living we've enjoyed as well as the age of information in general. Our greatest weakness is that in the midst of such potential, we are more self-centered than ever - we choose to use our gifts insofar only as they increase our own comforts, and then we are quite happy to waste the rest of our time watching television programs which, as our parents once told us, are actually quite mindless. Previous generations did not have the long lifespan we expect, and perhaps that made them treasure more fully the time they had.
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