Nate the talking fish

In class the other day we were discussing the way each of us succumbs to the culture in which we live. Master storyteller Chick Bevier had told a trilogy that included an interesting fish tale about Nate the talking fish. Chick explained that because Nate had grown up in water he could not feel the cold or wetness of it. The allegory continued with two other stories, one of which included the dangers of warm fuzzy thinking. It reminded me of the “boiling frog” story that was used many years back to get across the same concept. It got me thinking that the evolutionary approach to life values adaptation as one of its highest values. But I wonder…is adaptation truly the best approach to life or is it important to be countercultural? And for that matter… what does it mean to be countercultural?