A Culture in Decline.

[evandael]

Does it sound like thats what I meant? short bus answer, no.

i think you may have read my original comment incorrectly, then. let's try to be civil.

what i meant to say is that as each civilization.. mesopotamia's fertile crescent, the egyptians, greeks, romans, ottomans, chinese dynasties.. reaches higher successive achievements from standing on the shoulders of those that fell before them, they too can (and will) fall from that height, and save for remnants of their people and records of their culture, when they hit rock bottom, they had a farther fall than the last peoples to go through the process.


birth, growth, stagnation, decline, death. it's natural and repeatable, for every civilization.

[frankenbeemer]

I got through the intro, and am intrigued. Is he full of BS? I don't know yet, my BS meter twitched once or twice, but it could have been my natural cynicism reacting to buzzwords like "dogma", not necessarily true BS. I intend to watch it fully later.

A question for the OP and those who have watched it (if anyone): Could you summarize his premises and conclusion?

[GillesBigCowboy]

I watched a few minutes of it, but not all.
He does a good job of describing cultural phenomena in a way that helps the viewer make sense of a very complicated subject.
I will give a tentative thumbs up; if nothing else, he has stimulated discussion, which is a good thing on these matters.