Petri Kajander

We regard ourselves as civilised but seldom we bother to define what does it really mean. Civilised is often confused with something modern and thus better than previous. But how can it be per default that something is better simply because it comes later?
Human history is a history of serfdom and slavery. A tiny minority [...]

“A characteristic of a primitive culture is that it regards itself as highly advanced.”
I heard this somewhere and I think it puts nicely the point which we seldom stop to think. If we look into past we can feel superiority to past centuries and generations. They were not as advanced in technology and wisdom and [...]