Some weeks ago, I saw again in print the phrase "post-9/11 world." It was an article on current television shows, about what people want to see—specifically, what people want to see in a "post-9/11 world."

I'm beginning to wonder, are we still living in a post-9/11 world? Isn't it time yet to move on?

Certainly, September 11th was unprecedented and it's right that it should change us. But at some point, its influence should become part of history, rather than dominate life in the present.

In fact, I think we have moved on, for the most part: we've internalized the change that September 11th represents. Isn't it time we started thinking about the future again? Started thinking about what kind of world we want to make? And not just asking how to respond to terrorism and how to protect freedom? Essentially, asking what will make us happy? And working to create that?