My theory about the drive for order and control

I have a theory about what we are experiencing in society, and really throughout the world right now. I’m sure my theory has plenty of holes in it. I can guarantee that you can poke holes in it too. Because that’s how theories work. They don’t encompass 100% of what is going on. No one has the ability to do that after all. Theories about societies and the world are really about looking at large amounts of information over a period of time and seeing how they connect with other large amounts of information over a period of time.

So with that being said — let’s go back in time before I talk about my theory about what we are experiencing now.

Go back to the end of the Middle Ages. It’s arguable about when this is exactly. Which leads to point 1 — there isn’t any one specific “thing” that causes major change in society. It’s a multitude all flowing together and having a cumulative impact. So what happens in this nebulous period of history. You have the Renaissance for one thing. It’s debatable on when it started, but it was definitely in full swing by the 1500’s. One definition of the Renaissance is this:

“The transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science.” ( Source)