I find it fascinating to listen to scholars who have extensively studied civilization cycles and the rise and fall of the greatest empres and nations in human history. I caught part of some guy talking on PBS the other day about this topic and am pissed i didn't record it. He mentioned all of the signs and societal movements that seem to happen before the fall of a civilizatoin and linked them to today... it was pretty scary stuff. A lot of it seemed to do with amount of luxury time, and interestingly enough, sexual activities and trends.