He's got a point, though. I try to stay out of many things that seem to be the topic of discussion nowdays. Especially stuff related to politics is just way beyond me. One thing I do care about is the world itself. Nature stuff. It annoys me that mankind still hasn't come to its senses about environmentally unfriendly stuff, like pollution and demolishing stuff and littering forests and stuff like that. Also, people polluting themselves with alcohol, tobacco and narcotics. And, of course, mental pollution in the form of organlized religion where the only goal is to convert as many hapless souls as possible... I'm looking at you, Jehova dudes!!
But I don't really get involved in any of it. It's not something I think of on a daily basis. It's not something I feel affects me (aside from the damn Jehova dudes), and even more importantly, it's not something I can affect more than I already am. So it'd be a waste to worry too much. Sometimes you have to drop concerns, drop thinking, in order to truly live. That's not the same as not giving a crap about anything, of course, but it's along the same line.
Actually, the world would probably be better off if everyone would just do what makes them happy and not bother with anything else. Might take us back to the iron age, but at least back then we were much less prone to destroying the entire planet. Yeah, I'm actually more concerned about the health of the world than the condition of the human race... god, I'm such a hippie.