Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
And some might argue that's not a bad thing.

Civilizations are organized in densely populated settlements divided into hierarchical social classes with a ruling elite and subordinate urban and rural populations, which engage in intensive agriculture, mining, small-scale manufacture and trade. Civilization concentrates power, extending human control over the rest of nature, including over other human beings.[Wikipedia]
I think it would be. I don't see life as a neolithic hunter-gatherer as all that attractive. If that's the alternative to muddling through and adapting to whatever comes, I'll take my chances with the number-crunchers.