Hierarchy works well in a stable environment.

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.

Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.