Definition of Insanity - Princeton Pathways

Since the dawn of time, people have been trying to make others go the direction they want. Whether a simple path in the grass or specifying people’s place in society. One of the earliest documented examples of this kind of idea at work is Plato’s Republic. Socrates’ student laid out a society in which all of humanity would be divided up into specific castes, with the philosophers at the top (any time anyone tries to plan a society, his class is always at the top), the warriors next and then workers. Breeding was to be strictly controlled so that the correct offspring would be produced in arguably the first large scale eugenic plan.  Plenty of others have tried to plan societies from the top down. Every socialist country represents an attempt to do this, always to disastrous results as the failure of the rulers to consider any number of variables results in famines and economic stagnation. China is considered by many to be an exception, but if you follow them at all, you know that they currently