What Makes Civilizations Admirable AND Robust · Liberty Politics Discussion

What Makes Civilizations Admirable AND Robust

So, at my work (I'm an accountant auditing public companies, and do my scribing on the side) we've been integrating Chat GPT. We actually have to use it a certain amount of times per day. Due to the seasonal fluxes, not long ago I found myself with some unassigned time, so I wrote (with Chat GPT's august help) a mini-book. The thought was something like this: I've read books which touch upon what makes a culture admirable, and books about what makes cultures durable. I've never really seen a heuristic which synthesizes the two. So, in this scheme, we have four variables, or dials. Any culture can "score" higher or lower in each of these, and there's a composite "grade." The four dials are: its treatment of vulnerable life, the degree of freedom it allows, the competence with which it conducts everyday affairs, and above all the moral ecology by which it forms human beings and transmits meaning across generations. By cranking this through various cultures today and throughout history, some interesting things emerged regarding what makes cultures flourish, what makes cultures admirable, and what makes cultures decline and collapse. It was great fun putting together. If anyone's interested, enjoy!

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