Millennia Dawn over Central Africa. The cool of the night is quickly quenched by the warmth of the rising sun Heralding the tranquillity of another hot day as People busy themselves with their various chores.

But by mid-afternoon, this passive calm
has transmuted into a raging thunder storm.
In just a few hours, this complex dynamical weather system-in-miniature
has undergone a drastic though perfectly natural change of state.

The Dawn of History. Sentient human life-forms in family groups
First wandering the planet's surface grazing nature's orchard
Then settling into family estates, farming the land, making tools,
building homes, developing community, evolving culture.

But by mid-afternoon of the sixth millennium, this agrarian tranquillity
has transmuted into the raging storm of global capitalism.
In just a few thousand years, humanity's complex dynamical society
has undergone a complete and most undesirable change of state.

R. J. Morton, April 1996.