This is a wake-up call. Paul Palmarozza asks people of all ages and cultures to look honestly and objectively at society today so we can decide our best way forward. He points to important lessons from past historical cycles and shows how we can learn from them to avoid repeating past mistakes again and again. This book is one to treasure. --Prof Brikha Nasoraia, Professor of Arabic, Semitics and History of Religions, University of Sydney