> Unfortunately, we cannot pick and choose civilisational paths like a buffet meal. This is well-said. The path to human civilisation has been stochastic and l

> Unfortunately, we cannot pick and choose civilisational paths like a buffet meal. This is well-said. The path to human civilisation has been stochastic and literally disastrous. > We can only start from where are. And herein lies the latest danger: many people, and their pandering representatives (in the case of democracy), refuse to see where we are.