KennethMyers

Some people (Rousseau, Kaczynski, and in a narrower way Marx) say that the change was brought on not by the masses, but by the stong men who enslaved them.

Others (like Robert Wright (and me!)) think that civilization meant net net gain, even if we lost some really important things.

I don't mean to say that civilization is evil. I only mean to say that it looks like we want some of our own lifestyle back, and it looks like we're steering the ship that way.

Hernan7, you're right. I'm going to change that right now. Like most people's blogs, mine is mostly read by friends. In my case, we're all book nerds who get together and talk on themes like these. But in a public context that does look like an idiotic, pompous thing to write.