Strong and stable culture makes people happier. You can predict and trust what others are likely to do in a crisis. You can get along with your parents or your

Strong and stable culture makes people happier. You can predict and trust what others are likely to do in a crisis. You can get along with your parents or your kids better. You can take comfort in doing the right thing even if things are not going well. It's not all rosy, lack of flexibility can also lead one to follow dictators, regard dissenters as less than human and forego opportunities. But there is got to be a balance and flat rejection that anything from the past is good and worth preserving is not it.