Progress?

See-New said ; "Well, it would occur to me that you wouldn't use the standard upheld by the unsustainable fustercluck in the midst of a catastrophic collapse."

So if in the year 2525 - the choices came down to living like this -

where one's lifestyle could be sustained by his environment.


Or living like this (a sort of post-apocalyptic version of the Tower of Babel).

A simple life would be better than one that is racing towards it's own demise?

Since the question of which race is smartest pops up from time to time - maybe we should look at a bit of history from another perspective. Blogger Choptensils (http://choptensils.com/2008/12/on-invention-of-racism-part-i.html) does a good job of explaining the cycles of knowledge and lessons learned and unlearned on his posts On Invention Of Racism (parts 1 and 2).

Since most "original" ideas are both seminal and derivative - maybe older cultures are just in a state of unlearning .