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.

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.

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.

Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.