> What we need as a civilisation is people wanting less of everything, but that's really hard. Not very hard; there are several spiritual traditions which emph

> What we need as a civilisation is people wanting less of everything, but that's really hard. Not very hard; there are several spiritual traditions which emphasize detachment from objects, e.g. Buddhism. But unfortunately, Buddhist countries don't generally do well militarily because of the focus on monasticism/pacifism. India was majority Buddhist in 6-7th century and arguably that made them vulnerable to the Arab invasions. Similar case can be made for Tibbet.