> Religion, for example, has always been good at dividing us into sects with competing narrative beliefs I would say the opposite is true. Over time the number

> Religion, for example, has always been good at dividing us into sects with competing narrative beliefs I would say the opposite is true. Over time the number of religions in the world has become less - larger and larger groups uniting under fewer and fewer religions. The same is true for cultures, languages, ideologies, etc. They are all just variations of imagined stories. The world is united to a degree never seen before in history. However I think perhaps society saw peak unification in the 90's and maybe 00's. It seems society is re-fracturing into smaller groups again. It is perhaps remarkable that we had such a level of unification for as long as we did, and there is no reason to believe society will ever return to that state.