The ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote one of the most influential books in history. That book is The Republic. In it, Plato sought to discover the meaning of abstract words like truth, beauty, and justice. One of his primary objectives in writing the book was to discover the meaning of "the good".

In his masterwork, Plato determined that the good is "each person doing one job." He came to this conclusion by looking at what would keep the state functioning smoothly. Plato held the group as a higher value than the individual. Thus, he asserted that what benefits the state was "the good", despite the needs of the individual.

What, in principle, was Plato really doing? He was laying the philosophical foundation for specialization. Roman leaders understood Plato. A few centuries after Plato’s death, Roman leaders began to specialize knowledge, learning institutions, the professions, and jobs. They understood that if each citizen became specialized, no one would have the integrated power to challenge their corrupt leadership. A Superstar named Jesus Christ arose—who was not specialized—and began to threaten the entire power structure of the Roman world. Those Roman leaders murdered Jesus in order to protect and advance their harmful livelihoods.

Since Plato asserted that the good was each person doing one job, parasitical elites have aggressively specialized the entire anticivilization. Today, most people are locked in the specialization mode, unable to grasp the gigantic hoax of specialization. In fact, parasitical elites, professional mystics, and professional value destroyers rule the entire anticivilization. They control and drain everyone who is locked in that moribund world.

What can one do? How can one discover open-ended opportunities? One needs to leave the anticivilization behind and enter the Civilization of the Universe—the newly arising cyberspace civilization. One simply needs to dissolve one’s investments in that dead-end world and enter the newly arising cyberspace civilization.