Humans develop narratives to justify the siezure or evasion of incentives. The s

Humans develop narratives to justify the siezure or evasion of incentives. The study of history in the absence of those incentives is a story of human creative will – while in the presence of those incentives, a story of adaptive utility.

In the study of history it is too oft overlooked that some civilizations consistently choose narratives poorly and some choose better. Because the narratives are capable of persisting error. And foundational narratives most capable of persisting error.

Hence the near impossibility of chanigng a civilization the farter from the natural law it has evolved through the accumulation of narratives in support of poor choices.