Eye Opener

This is a simple consideration for anyone who expects the involvement of the masses in the survival of this civilization.

Since ancient times, we have had people who were interested in progress, discoveries, inventions, and on the opposite side people who were able to take advantage of the chance for profit in any way and at any cost. That’s why we remember names like Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, and the perhaps lesser known Scott Harrison driven by a desire for knowledge/help or the opposite side like Gaius Octavius, Stalin, and Bin Laden driven by a desire for power at any cost. From the population point of view, it has always been a minority. Otherwise, we would have scientists in every household, and we would probably have solved fusion reaction a long time ago no longer needing to generate heat with coal. On the other hand, perhaps that is good, otherwise we might have no longer existed as humanity or even as a planet.

And then there was always the majority of people who lived their lives as a natural necessity from birth to death. Their priorities were based on survival and obedience = not standing out from the group. This group was always easy to handle and suitable for maintaining order or forcing changes. To keep these masses under control, it was necessary to create something that would consume their time — duties, food, and entertainment or “Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt” (Decimus Junius Juvenalis, panem et circenses 2C A.D.). At that time, the population of the Italian part of the Roman Empire was about ≈7M (Harper, 2017), of…