We can either work to build and maintain a sustainable society, or we can work to build a long lasting icon of that society… the Pharaohs chose the latter. (We are doing the same, just faster because our icons are ideological and not physical.)

The strongest Neanderthals lived in caves, while the weak ones were forced to survive out in the open. To survive out in the open required them to develop better social skills. The strongest Neanderthals survived more easily, but the weak Neanderthals evolved into Homo Sapiens.

• Resource availability dictates economic and political structure.
  • With plenty of resources available, people are allowed to be capitalists.
  • When the resources are gone, people must become socialists.
  • When the rich hoard resources to maintain their dominance, the poor must react by becoming socialists.
  • To survive the poor must evolve by learning to work together more effectively.
  • The rich always have an easier time surviving, but they never evolve.

A human culture that is in balance with the environment is a part of that environment, and can be used as a recording of that healthy environment. After the healthy environment has been decimated by a plague of selfishness and greed, the recording can help it to heal and return to a balanced state,.. But only if the recording, the culture, is maintained through the plague.