Starting over seems to be a dream long held by cultures and individuals. Who hasn't wished that he or she could revisit a past situation and "get it right" this time. Unfortunately, to really fix a past error would require not only "knowing then, what you know now", but also knowing the effect of changes that you would make. When you get down to it, the best bet is to just start where you're at and build on what you already have. That seems to be our strength as a species anyway - the ability to remember and change based on experience. That's cultural "evolution"; much preferred, in my opinion, to "revolution". After all, which statement seems more positive: "The people are evolving" or "The people are revolting"?

Thanks, Peter T., for once more stimulating a little thought in a tiny, fevered brain.