preeminence and impermanence

 

This could be confusing, but just consider, how civilizations which might be

preeminent at any given time, lapse, in that station and another civilization

might arise to that preeminent status.  


It's a lot easier to visualize on a more personal level, in that some individual

which may reach a preeminent state is superseded by some one who

then becomes preeminent, in various fields , like art , or sports, or other

vocations and occupations.  


When we consider nations or other types of organization in our time,

it is somewhat goofy ( can't think of a better word ) , to think that

some particular organization might be - de facto - preeminent for

some particular reason.  In the case of nations, it is much easier to

consider, that many or all of them have preeminent qualities and

even some of  them may retain these qualities over time.


If that is true, then it does seem like greater co-operation might be

a good way to progress, since many of these qualities can perhaps

enhance others.  Certainly, if you consider valuable   qualities, then

you would expect them to be distributed rather broadly and not

particularly concentrated only it one or another location.  Also,

you can reduce this same principal to a smaller scope, and expect

some similar results.


At the end of the day, whether or not this sounds good or

reasonable, it is necessary to overcome many practical

hurdles in order to achieve seriously beneficial results.

However, even some serious, if minor, effort in this arena, can

often lead to good outcomes.



Seems like a lot of stuff is like that.  The effort part is usually

the hardest thing to overcome.




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