Cavafy says that the passing of time does not directly correlate with the progress of society. States cannot expect to keep reinventing themselves over and over, instead previous innovations must be built on. The same systemic problems that are being faced today were once contemporary in societies of the past, therefore, people should look to the past and find applicable situations. At the Mills of Crete, we learned that the collection of businesses worked with each other with preexisting knowledge and technology for the benefit of all. We have discussed multiple times that the places we have seen were largely built over the span of numerous lifetimes. A single lifetime is insignificant when compared to the grandeur that is empires like the Romans who build over many generations. A collective with knowledge of the past is able to make significant changes for the future.
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