Rise and Fall of civilization: From humans to Inhuman Machineries

Civilizations evolve and devolve in predictable patterns following the same arc as human life.
They are born, grow strong through collective effort, reach their peak through innovation and expansion, then gradually lose touch with their founding principles and rush towards unbridled progress and deviant novelties.
Humans get born, grow old, then pass away. Civilizations have a human core and follow the same path.
Civilizations become obsessed with maintaining their power rather than nurturing the people who built them.
The institutions that once served humanity become self-serving monstrous machine. The systems that were supposed to protect and support communities become bureaucratic beasts consuming everything on their violent mrach towards unchecked progress.
What starts as a vibrant culture eventually crystalizes into rigid structures that prioritize gain over empathy, mindless growth over wisdom, and control over service.
The contrast between small family companies and massive corporations exemplifies this pattern perfectly.
The contrast between small family companies and massive corporations exemplifies this pattern perfectly.
Family companies often last centuries because they maintain a human-centered organization.
The grandfather who founded the company knew every customer by name and the father who took over carried his dad's legacy while keeping humans at the core of his enterprise.
These enterprises endure because they are rooted in human values, where profit is an end not a means.
Family enterprises understand that business is ultimately about people serving people, where trust is built through solid bonds.
The success is measured in the satisfaction of employees who are considered a second family.
Huge corporations are massive, cold machines that devour their people one task at a time. These machines turn humans into expendable resources in the service of unreasonable growth targets.
Huge corporations are massive, cold machines that devour their people one task at a time. These machines turn humans into expendable resources in the service of unreasonable growth targets.
These organizations are so large that they lose sight of the their purpose, and become focused solely on economic gain. Employees are numbers on spreadsheets and customers are data to be manipulated.
The human element is systematically removed and replaced by algorithms, protocols, and procedures designed to maximize efficiency at the expense of humanity.
Workers are hired and fired based on quarterly reports as their services are irrelevant to the cold calculations of profit margins.
The mammoth corporations and the civilizations eventually become machines that turns human time and energy into profit, leaving behind exhausted, depleted and ailing individuals.
The very scale that was thought to bring prosperity brings dehumanization, decay and ultimately a rush towards a certain demise.
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