People-first-or-religion-first

It can be noted that the simplest formulas are the best explanation for how the world works (such as e=mc² and E=IR), and if the answer to a question lies in a convoluted series of rituals or chants then its accuracy must be brought into question. This means if every cultural change must be forwarded to a committee of religious leaders, then the formula is clumsier than merely letting the populace decide if they like the new style of music or the new programs on TV. This ‘people first’ interface is more modern and it simplifies the work of leaders whose primary role, at least in modern society, is to organize the social procedures that protect the food-supply and electric generation.

In the older model of beliefs, all cultural change was brought before a committee of religiously appointed people that passed censorship and issued the proper guidelines. Of course this censorship still exists today, and always will, because it’s part of human nature. However in ‘free’ cultures today, there is a ‘people-first’ interface that decides whether they like the ‘smiley face’ or the new TV programs before any decree need be passed by a ruling entity. As a result, new ideas and new technology are ‘free’ to emerge and course through the society relatively untethered by ancient textural interpretation, and this is in keeping with today’s scientific model that holds the simplest formula to be the best formulae (such as e=mc² and E=IR).

Gene Haynes