We're Uncomfortable About Considering History As A

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.

Forced To Choose Between Limiting Population Or Trying To Increase Food Production, We Chose The Latter And Ended Up With Starvation, Warfare, And Tyranny.

Civilization Originates In Conquest Abroad And Repression At Home.

Today Charles Darwin Is Best Known For Establishing The Fact Of Evolution And For Recognizing The Major Role Of Natural Selection In Driving It.

The Rate Of Human Invention Is Faster, And The Rate Of Cultural Loss Is Slower, In Areas Occupied By Many Competing Societies With Many Individuals And In Contact With Societies Elsewhere.