> a few hundred years ago introspection wasn't all that common

Early death, however, was common. What's your point?

> Marc is not against introspection

One of the people cited spoke of a "zero-introspection mindset." That wasn't Andriessen, but it's rather clear.

>Early death, however, was common. What's your point?

I wrote my point clearly: not enough of the society had an introspective mindset for society to be meaningfully influenced by it