What does Development mean?

My lifelong exploration of what it means to be sustainable and why our current way of being, as a civilization, is unsustainable has led me to the question of "What does development mean?".  No matter what sphere of the world you live in or what culture you come from, it seems that the number one priority of all societies is to develop.  Individuals, businesses, and nations all have the goal of developing.  I would posit, then, that it is utterly important for us to question what we mean when we use this word.  What does the word "development" mean?

Ode to Athens, Good Luck to Greece

Few things have changed my life and my perspective of the world to the extent that Athens has.  It's the rawness of human nature and the contradictions within that human nature that are so glaringly obvious in this city.  One feels it instantly upon arriving.  I misinterpretted it in the beginning as a city emenating "negative energy".  But, no, it's not that simple.  It never is, is it?