philosophy

Once upon a time there was a world. On this world there were four tribes of humans. Back then, the world was quite large and tribes quite small but each tribe sought to end strife by controlling the entire world...

The first tribe decided that military strenght was the key to victory. They began to fight others, making wars so that expansion could occur. As they grew, they developed bigger and better weapons to gain advantage.

Forgive me WASA, Forgive me people,  but I cannot find a shorter way  to say  this.. 

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy; Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.  -   John W. Gardner"