Not Interested in How the World Works

A strong interest in the world around them, was one of the fundamental instincts of our species. And this is what made them successful - they quickly spread from East Africa to every other place in the world. Even the Arctic, where they flourished.

But Americans in our time are just the opposite - they are not interested in how the world works, only in how other people think it works. If other people change their minds (about anything) they change their minds also - without bothering to check the facts.

I exaggerate, of course. They check some facts carefully, such as how much anything costs. Anything that can be easily quantifiable - how much, or how many. But processes, such as how to make something better - they are not interested in.

At one time, this was exactly what we were interested in - when we discovered how cooking could improve our food. Or which fungi were edible, and which were poisonous.

Americans now, have no idea how to build a better world. They can only destroy the bad people who are keeping this from happening.