Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is that there never will be such a thrust so long as you're enacting a story that says the gods made the world for man. For as long as you enact that story, Mother Culture will demand increased food production today- and promise population control tomorrow.
Daniel QuinnOnce you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of your culture, youโll never stop being conscious of it. Wherever you go for the rest of your life, youโll be tempted to say to the people around you, โhow can you listen to this stuff and not recognize it for what it is?
Daniel QuinnBut we're not humanity, we're just one culture - one culture out of hundreds of thousands that have lived their vision on this planet and sung their song. If it were humanity that needed changing, then we'd be out of luck. But it isn't humanity that needs changing, it's just...us.
Daniel Quinn