I woke up today thinking about cowboys and Indians (read: Native Americans). Both evolved, though in different spaces, to their conditions at the time; however, one was more technologically advanced than the other. So I was wondering why that was. Both continents had a wealth of resources, but perhaps the Europeans had a stronger will to expand, a conquer mentality. I came to the conclusion that it was probably a respectful stance which separated the cowboys and Indians. If it's true, then the ability for a society to become more technologically advanced is correlated to the stance of non-integration with the world and disrespect.
The Indians were more communal with the environment, so the extent of what they could do to manipulate it was limited?
Today we seem to be heading for a hybridization of the views, combining our advancements with a sense of sustainability, but there's still the old group that wants to use up everything.
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