It seems obvious, comparing our social inventions of today with those of a thousand or two thousand years ago, that we DO come up with betterment. The obvious examples are the Magna Carta and the Consitution of the United States and its Bill of Rights, just for starters. The United Nations is better than the chaos of empires which preceded it in spite of the hiccoughs and failures. The concept of a World Court was unthinkable in the 15th century. We discover principles and ways to implement them and ways which do NOT work. It is all grist for the great mill of understanding, as long as the will to understand is kept alive.

That's my opinion.


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