In the old days, the human race was always making war, its entire existence was taken up with campaigns, advances, retreats, victories. But now all thats out of date, and in its place there's a huge vacuum, clamoring to be filled. Humanity is passionately seeking something to fill it with and, of course, it will find something some day. Oh! If only it would happen soon! If only we could educate the industrious people and make the educated people industrious
-Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters