Golden Ages that bring a boom in prosperity for everyone are littered throughout history.
I have always been fascinated by history. Particularly, western civilization, philosophy, and the meaning of life.
There is so much we can learn from the past. We often think that our problems are unique to our age, when, in reality, every stage of human history shares a common human experience.
All young people think they are special and different from their parents, and, likewise, older generations feel the younger ones think they know everything!
When I was 26, I visited Greece, Egypt, and Israel (among other places). I crawled inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, strolled among the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, lingered in the Agora where Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle congregated. I walked around the old city of Jerusalem on top of the original walls.