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Civilization Originates In Conquest Abroad And Repression At Home.

Two Types Of Choices Seem To Me To Have Been Crucial In Tipping The Outcomes [of The Various Societies' Histories] Towards Success Or Failure: Long-term Planning And Willingness To Reconsider Core Values. On Reflection We Can Also Recognize The Crucial Role Of These Same Two Choices For The Outcomes Of Our Individual Lives.

The History Of Interactions Among Disparate Peoples Is What Shaped The Modern World Through Conquest, Epidemics And Genocide. Those Collisions Created Reverberations That Have Still Not Died Down After Many Centuries, And That Are Actively Continuing In Some Of The World's Most Troubled Areas.

It's Striking That Native Americans Evolved No Devastating Epidemic Diseases To Give To Europeans, In Return For The Many Devastating Epidemic Diseases That Indians Received From The Old World.

All Recognized Famous Inventors Had Capable Predecessors And Successors And Made Their Improvements At A Time When Society Was Capable Of Using Their Product.