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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5761016" data-attributes="member: 6669384">So mass entertainment and unlimited food?&nbsp; Bread and circuses, by any other name.&nbsp; And even Ceasar found that it only went so far.Here's an ugly, real world fact:&nbsp; The incidence of male children being born rises right after a war.&nbsp; And it makes sense, from an evolutionary perspective:&nbsp; The cultural block that can replace lost soldiers fastest is the one who will be better prepared for the next war.&nbsp; The one who will eventually win a prolonged conflict.So, the question is, how many wars, over how much time, are needed for such a characteristic to evolve?&nbsp; (Remember, evolution doesn't happen in hundreds or even thousands of years.)The answer is, bottom line, that people have been at war, again and a again, for a very very long time.&nbsp; Probably since before we qualified as anything we'd currently consider &quot;people&quot; in fact.&nbsp; We are literally bred for war, and it's bred into us, at the genetic level.&nbsp; (You can check that male/female birth proportion, by the way.&nbsp; It's very, very real.)So what use of magic or technology would be required for world peace?&nbsp; An Epic Trans-Miraculous Transmorgrification to change human nature everywhere.&nbsp; And another for Elves.&nbsp; And one for Orcs.&nbsp; And one for every intelligent race in the world.And the &quot;world at peace&quot; will be ruled by the ones who made their saves.&nbsp; And then for a generation or so, there will be peace.(Another real world fact:&nbsp; Historians decided to compile and total the amount of time when mankind wasn't at war someplace.&nbsp; Over all of recorded human history, adding up the odd days here and there, they came up with a grand total of about 3 months. )Look at TV, movies, popular fiction in any medium, heck even D&amp;D itself:&nbsp; Even our entertainments are most commonly about killing things.But I do have to give the OP credit for a sense of humor:&nbsp; The media that made flame wars possible, as the tool for world peace?&nbsp; Good one, man.&nbsp; Good one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5761016, member: 6669384"] So mass entertainment and unlimited food? Bread and circuses, by any other name. And even Ceasar found that it only went so far. Here's an ugly, real world fact: The incidence of male children being born rises right after a war. And it makes sense, from an evolutionary perspective: The cultural block that can replace lost soldiers fastest is the one who will be better prepared for the next war. The one who will eventually win a prolonged conflict. So, the question is, how many wars, over how much time, are needed for such a characteristic to evolve? (Remember, evolution doesn't happen in hundreds or even thousands of years.) The answer is, bottom line, that people have been at war, again and a again, for a very very long time. Probably since before we qualified as anything we'd currently consider "people" in fact. We are literally bred for war, and it's bred into us, at the genetic level. (You can check that male/female birth proportion, by the way. It's very, very real.) So what use of magic or technology would be required for world peace? An Epic Trans-Miraculous Transmorgrification to change human nature everywhere. And another for Elves. And one for Orcs. And one for every intelligent race in the world. And the "world at peace" will be ruled by the ones who made their saves. And then for a generation or so, there will be peace. (Another real world fact: Historians decided to compile and total the amount of time when mankind wasn't at war [I]someplace[/I]. Over all of recorded human history, adding up the odd days here and there, they came up with a grand total of about 3 months. ) Look at TV, movies, popular fiction in any medium, heck even D&D itself: Even our entertainments are most commonly about killing things. But I do have to give the OP credit for a sense of humor: The media that made flame wars possible, as the tool for world peace? Good one, man. Good one. [/QUOTE]

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