Island universe

When contemplating about the achievements and limitations of past civilizations one often fails to take into account the difference in population of the past times compared to our own. Greek civilization in its entirety was contained in a population of 10s of thousands as compared to a 100s of millions of our time. One thought that comes from this contemplation is the possibility of having island universes in this world. This is a concept much different from countries. Why cant there exist a Greek nation state somewhere in this earth. Why is it that human culture should always tend towards assimilation and a pan human communism.

Future Historians

While one of the issues facing current historians and archaeologists is the lack of evidence of the past, for future historians and archaeologists, it will be an overabundance of evidence. The future historian will have available to him many different narratives of the same historical event. Constructing a new narrative from these contradictory sources will be as hard as the task of filling in blank pieces that contemporary historians need to do to come up with their historical narratives. 

The social animal

They say man is a social animal. The  evidence for this can be seen in man's need for an audience; be it an audience for his self perceived moral superiority, his superior acumen or his birth rank.