The Civilization Trap: Fading Into Sentient Senescence - Softcover

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The skills necessary to subdue and conquer the raw and brutal world that man found himself in 60,000 years ago, a world of problems all constructed by Mother Nature, are inappropriate, unhelpful, and counter-productive when tackling the complex social, economic, technological, and political problems of today, all created by the hand and mind of man. This mismatch between the set of talents needed to tame a primitive world and those required to thrive in an ultra-civilized technological and systems wonderland creates a trap, the Civilization Trap, that ensnares any sentient race that successfully dominates their planet. It is a Cosmic Catch-22 – if you are competent enough to conquer your planet, those skills will prevent you from successfully engaging the complex civilization that will result from that victory. Were a race of extra-terrestrials to arrive on Earth and produce a “performance appraisal” on man, it would read a little like this book, and many readers will find parts of this book uncomfortable, unsettling, even shocking. The examples of man's nature used for illustrative purposes, selected for their distinct commonness and obviousness, will nonetheless cause some readers undue distress. If you are searching for a thought-provoking book - you have found it.

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