The view from the top of Lookout Mountain is fantastic, isn’t it? Whether or not you can actually see seven states is of course a matter of debate, but to see the world spread out like a patchwork carpet of green trees and twinkling lights is always an inspiring sight. Most of the time, however, our perspective doesn’t seem to go much further than the view from Carter to the library in the fog. It’s easy to become so wrapped up in the happenings of the Mountain that we forget the beautiful and hostile world that surrounds us. We are no longer simply the inheritors of this world. We are now its builders and shapers.