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Thanks, interesting update! I learned about Amine from the Future Boy Conan series, also by Hayao Miyazaki of Nausicaa fame. Amine's Japanese origin means I misinterpret many things. Yet it rewards you with a greater variety than Hollywood. I remember movies like "Wolf Children", "My Name" and "A Silent Voice" with joy.

That primitive people do not have culture seems logical: they don't have the free time to pursue it. Likewise, today's lower classes are mostly focused on work and keeping their possessions maintained or expanded. Their spare time goes to supporting sports teams, music or movies. Only students in the higher schools show interest in numbers, logic or debate.

I wonder at the role of energy in culture. When our resources dwindle, so will the number of elites and the "free time" our society can afford. Is lower energy the consequence of a dwindling culture, or the cause of its dwindling?