Civilization can be summed up as the collective struggle to master our nature, that in which we live and that which lives within.
Embedded in our human DNA, in a code born from our instinct to survive, is an innate understanding of violence. It provokes a response hardwired into our brain – the most nascent primitive instincts whiplash to the surface when violence shows itself. We use it. We run from it. But one way or another, it moves us.
And for the greater balance of human history, the most consequential changes in our societies have had violence central to their narratives.
