I for one am hoping it drives Humanity to take that next big step, because I don't know if anyone else has noticed this...

But our society/civilization is modeled after the Romans and Greeks, and to some degree, Sumeria. Are we really so unimaginative that the best we can do is model the systems we found in the dustbin of history? I'm pretty sure we are long past the "Use By" date for this system.

We have the internet. We have the technology. We have to improve our civilization, because this Bronze age system is getting ready to fold up.