I think a lot of the problems with "civilised" people is that a lot of people (especially ones in charge of anything) have got egos too big to realise that they're stupid

Or if we want to give them the benefit of the doubt, their perspective comes from a place that doesn't allow them to understand those who have a different perspective. 😜

I was listening to someone recently saying that the problem with our leaders problem solving is that they will never come up with the right solution because they all come from the same background with the same education pathways and therefore have the same way of thinking. This means that they don't get enough different aspects from different life experiences, which you need to have to reach the best solution.

He gave an example of an experiment where a crowd of people are asked to guess how many jelly beans were in the jar. No individual got the correct answer, but when you average all the guesses you get the correct answer. That's more of a mathematical experiment, but it's a good analogy I think.

how civilisation was basically to protect humans from nature

Sadly it doesn't seem to protect us from other people, though. 😅