American culture often feels strange to me (even as it's the only culture I have lived) and the "brute force" nature of resource use here is a big part of that. To synthesize a new culture out of this resource abundance would take more generations than we have time for. It could serve as the basis of a serious reduction in violence and competition, but beyond some good ideas on the cultural periphery we've thus far only used it to engage in ever more elaborate games of social status seeking.

you are the media you consume.