Lost as a Model of Civilization

Firstly, I know
that in Lost
there can hardly
be said to be
any comprehensive
model for a
civilization, because
it seems everyone
belongs to a different
one, even when some
of them are grouped
together.

But, that's also
good to point out.

Hardly anyone is
ever going in the same
direction. Whether
as a country, a nation,
civilization, whatever
you want to call it.

Even people working
explicitly for the
same goals can find
themselves pulling
from opposite ends,
different sides,
or the same one but
with different destinations.

On Lost, you've
got dozens of characters
with an equal amount
of allegiances, and
somehow the dance they've
put together keeps
splitting and coming
together again, and it's
been that way from the start,
which is why I've been
so fascinated with it.

Lost isn't just
a great TV show or great
storytelling, but something
to seriously reflect on
as a reflection of our world,
which all great TV and storytelling
does, but this show a little
more, a little better.

The moment you think
you're comfortable,
something else happens
to start the whole
thing going again.

That's what civilization
is like, how we should
approach it, to find out
how we can do it better.

No every curve is
unexpected, so we should
probably think about
acting like it isn't.

But everything always
changes, links are
always broken and made,
so we always have
another chance
to get it right
the first time.