Noetic Jediism

Inklings of the Natural World Order

The powers that be, in attempting to help the world via directly willful diplomacy and military action, will face medium-term frustration and lack of cooperation from the subjects of their operations.

Over the next several months, change will occur rapidly in the theaters of politics and military endeavor, but also unpredictably, not at the behest of any cohesive vision or will.

Agriculture is central to human civilization.

From Wikipedia: "A civilization is a society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in towns and cities. Compared with other cultures, members of a civilization are commonly organized into a diverse division of labor and an intricate social hierarchy."

And: "All human civilizations have depended on agriculture for subsistence."

Civilization as we know it does not exist separately from agriculture. And yet most of us, as individuals in civilization, are far removed from agriculture. Why? Why is it that most of us agree that fresh-off-the-vine tomatoes and fresh eggs taste better, and yet so very few of us plant our own gardens or raise a couple of hens? We'll spend hundreds of dollars per year to beat down our lawns into poison-perfect turf, but we can't be bothered to spend a few dozen dollars and a little time cultivating our own food.