Cross Cultural Contact

It seems only fitting that eventually humans would get around to finding out there are others on the planet than just themselves. We are, after all, on a rather small planet. Thus, one is to conclude that this was going to happen soon or later. This only makes sense when one really takes into account the nature of the "beast," as it were. The Human Condition is indicative of many things, of which a curious nature is a part. However, with this contact comes both good and bad. The Good: we share different experiences, technologies, goods, trade, thoughts, ideals, and relationships. The Bad: war, disease, genocide, the lose of history and culture, and a whole host of human cruelty via misunderstandings and simple hubris.

This all aside, for the most part our connections, while they have brought massive amounts of pain and suffering, in the end serve to only bring us together as a human whole. Personal judgments notwithstanding, all of our historical contacts have yielded a wealth of information and economic growth - either good or bad, any variation is truly growth.

All of these things were, then, truly inevitable as the world is in essence a rather small place when in terms of its inhabitants. Thus, it was only a matter of time until the Silk Road and other trade routes emerged. It was only a matter of time before Universal Religions began to take root in lands that were not of their origin. It was only a matter of time before this natural occurrence of human convergence began its slow but consistent march to oneness in money, trade, commerce, and business.