it's this error that people have been making for centuries - they look for this concept of progress in history.

hegel was the worst, and the guy that gets most of the shit for it. but, marx did it too; even as he railed against teleology, he produced his own form of it.

history moves in feedback cycles, not in any linear direction. being savvy about it and taking advantage of it is about figuring out where you are in the cycle and reacting to it, not about falling for the trap of linear progress.

the more you buy into it, the more thoroughly you'll be wiped away when the tide comes in - and it always will, because the moon is always there.