Societies that obtain quick wealth from gold, silver, or monocultural crops may become satisfied with it and trapped in an economy organized around that purpose, limiting further development.

“But be careful what you wish for because you may just actually get it. And those societies that have...”

“has arrived at the quick fix whether that's gold or silver or or monocultural crop production of some kind which which gives you a monopoly on on its provision they become satisfied with that they become trapped within an environment that exists solely for that purpose and they don't develop beyond the essential thresholds that that allows for even here in the U.S. we can look at the difference between the north and the south that geographic line below that line”