Civilization is an unnatural act
The quote is by SF author Kurt Vonnegut, but I’m unsure who had the idea first. Probably someone from the first civilization, maybe?
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I agree with the idea that it’s unnatural, but it wasn’t Vonnegut, as far as I know, who said it (first).
“Future civilizations – better civilizations than this one – are going to judge all men by the extent to which they’ve been artists. You and I, if some future archaeologist finds our works miraculously preserved in some city dump, will be judged by the quality of our creations. Nothing else about us will matter.”
More ideas, and where he got them are here https://www.wired.com/2007/04/where-kurt-vonn/