Sunset Highway 1920 East of Reardan WA

Here is a picture of the old Sunset Highway circa 1920 heading toward Reardan, Washington. Moving west along a section line, the highway had to go north o avoid a hill. Thus, it curved north at a section junction and moved up to the next section line running east to west. From there it ran on a series of new section lines toward Reardan. Things were much simpler then. Today, things have become more complicated. I wonder whether we have risen to the complication. The human mind and our values move more slowly than the exigencies of our condition. Or, so it is I fear.