TABLE of CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

1. WHO ARE WE?
2. WORDS AND SYMBOLS
1. WORDS
2. SYMBOLS
3. INTELLIGENCE
1. INTELLIGENCE
2. INTELLECT
3. AWARENESS
4. TWO WORLDS
1. NATURE's WORLD
1. Tree of Life
2. The Four Eons
3. The Periods of the Phanerozoic Era
2. MAN's WORLD
5. IN THE BEGINNING
1. PIEITOCENE EPOCH
1. The Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer
2. HOLOCENE EPOCH
1. Eurasia
1. The Arrival of Farming
2. The Fertile Crescent
3. Ubaidians
4. Sumerians
5. Babylonians
6. Others
2. Americas
1. South America
2. Mesoamerica
3. North America
6. BEHAVIOR
1. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
1. Instinct
1. Survival Imperative
2. Food
3. Reproduction
4. Self-Preservation
2. Aggression
3. Aggression Deterrence
1. Bonding
2. Rituals
3. Society
2. HUMAN BEHAVIOR
1. Instinct
2. Culture
3. Habit
4. Conscious vs Unconscious Behavior
5. Aggression
1. Ego
2. Greed
3. Militant Enthusiasm
4. Clans
6. Aggression Deterrence
1. Bonding
7. Other Human Survival Directives
1. Identity (Anonymity)
2. Stimulation (Boredom)
3. Security (Anxiety)
4. Companionship (Lonliness)
3. PLANT BEHAVIOR
1. Plant Aggression
7. LOVE, MORALITY, MATURITY
1. LOVE
2. MORALITY
3. MATURITY
8. RELIGION, MYTHOLOGY. PSYCHOLOGY
1. THE BEGINNING OF MYTHOLOGY
2. MYTHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAS
1. The Cree Nation
2. The Iroquois, The Five Nations
3. The Medicine Wheel and Psychobiology
3. MYTHOLOGY OF THE WEST
4. MYTHOLOGY OF THE EAST
1. Eastern Religions
2. Similarities of Paleo-Mythology and Taoism
5. MYTHOLOGY AND SCIENCE
1. Truth
2. Mythology verses Science
1. The Birth of Science
2. Science Meets Mythology
3. The Untouchable World of Quantum Physics
6. PSYCHOLOGY
9. EDUCATION
10. HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT
1. HAPPINESS
1. Intention
2. The Role of Coincidence
2. CONTENTMENT
3. EDUCATION
11. SOCIETY
1. EARLY SOCIETY
2. COMPLEX SOCIETY
1. Collapse of Society
2. Complexity and Dependence
3. SIMPLICITY (An Alternative to Complexity)
1. First Things First
12. ECONOMICS
    1. HISTORY
       1. Feudal System
       2. Guilds
       3. Mercantilism
    2. CAPITALISM
    1. Production
    2. Consumption
    3. The Product, Food
    3. WHAT HAVE WE WROUGHT?
       1. A Behavioral View
          1. Conformity
          2. Let There Be No Frustration
          3. Work
       2. A Structural View
       1. Economic Security
       2. Production at All Cost
       3. If You Make It, You Have To Consume It
       4. Life Wants Stability
13. GOVERNMENT
1. A FEDERATED REPUBLIC 1790
1. The Fight for Independence
2. Forming a Federated Republic
3. The Battle for Ratification of the Constitution
1. Federalists
2. Anti-Federalists
3. The Debate
4. A New Federate Republic
1. The Letter of the Law
2. The Culture of Slavery
3. The Electoral College
4. The Tyranny of the Majority
5. Complexity
2. VIEWS ON GOVERNANCE
1. Centralization Verses Decentralization
2. Uniformity vs Diversity
3. Who's in Control?
14. POPULATION AND PLANET HEALTH
1. POPULATION
2. PLANET HEALTH
1. Pollution
1. Noise
2. Waste
3. Plastic
4. Packaging, Catalogs, Advertising
5. Recycling
2. Invasive Species
3. Oceans
4. Land Use
5. Loss & Extinction
6. With Regard to Planet Health
15. THE FUTURE
16. SUMMARY: A CASE FOR DEMOCRACY AND BALANCE
1. BALANCE
2. THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEFINE DEMOCRACY
1. The Need for Virtue
2. The Need for Knowledgeable Representatives and Public
3. The Influence of Possession
4. The Danger of Unfettered Freedom
3. WHAT ARE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE?
1. Democracy, Autocracy and Unfettered Freedom
2. The Influence of Unfettered Freedom
4. THE FUTURE WITH DEMOCRACY
17. A COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY