It seems incredible in the past. In the future, it'll seem incredible what we are doing today. And so I've been trying to develop a hierarchical set of considerations about why societies fail to solve their problems -- why they fail to perceive the problems or, if they perceive them, why they fail to tackle them. Or, if they tackle them, why do they fail to succeed in solving them?
Kesalahan masa lalu terlihat besar. Di masa depan kesalahan kita sekarang juga akan terlihat besar. Jadi saya sudah mencoba mengembangkan set pertimbangan yang hirarkis tentang mengapa peradaban gagal menyelesaikan masalah mereka. Mengapa mereka gagal melihat masalah, atau bila mereka melihatnya, mengapa gagal menanganinya? Atau bila gagal menanganinya, mengapa mereka gagal dalam usaha menangani masalah itu?