People gain experience as they age, but that doesn't mean people are wiser today than 1000 years ago... because they're different people.
Similarly, bureaucracies and societies also "die" and dissolve.
That is, as given, the quote gives a sketch of cultural development which almost unconnected to archeology and history.
People gain experience as they age, but that doesn't mean people are wiser today than 1000 years ago... because they're different people.
Similarly, bureaucracies and societies also "die" and dissolve.