Congirl vs Cavegirl

For the last couple of years, I have been studying leadership qualities, fandoms, and most recently, the Bible. One well known biblical idea I have been considering is if the meek really will inherit the Earth. My first question is where are the people who will be identified as "meek"? As Western society advances, it seems there are fewer and fewer individuals who could be considered humble. New social technologies allow anyone with certain resources to write a book, promote themselves on a website, and post formally meaningless details about one's life on the internet for the world to see. Who are these meek people who shall inherit the Earth? In terms of leadership studies, it's followers who shall; people who put certain other people up on a pedestal and say they are better than the average person, or fans of people who are famous. Now even though modern media makes it really easy for many of us to feel like leaders in our online universes, I think followers have a...

Only people who were royal used to get everything they wanted.  English king "Henry the VIII" is an obvious example. Paintings depict him as seriously overweight, so he probably ate way more than he needed to. He left the ruling church so he could marry more than one wife. Then there are the stories that he knocked off every wife who could not provide him with a male heir so he could try a different one. Royals like King Henry VIII had a lot of control over how they lived because they had an overabundance of stored resources (like land, riches, and other people) at their disposal. But this did not mean “Bronze Age” leaders were inherently evil. Royals who cared about their subjects distributed resources fairly, while royals who didn’t care, did not. But most royal subjects didn’t mind having such strong centralized leadership, even if their king or queen was greedy, because it took strong centralized power and coordination to move the food and supplies that everyone needed. T...