We have to wonder why the kings and nobles failed to recognize and solve these seemingly obvious problems undermining their society. Their attention was evidently focused on their short-term concerns of enriching themselves, waging wars, erecting monuments, competing with each other, and extracting enough food from the peasants to support all those activities." {If this sounds familiar, I would note that archaeology is thick with cautionary tales that speak directly to the twenty-first century.}
( Douglas Preston )
[ The Lost City of the Monkey ]
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