" And why does Earth fail to learn its lesson?” Lem said. “Why do we persist in this divided idiocy? Because the world is full of prideful bastards, that’s why. Everyone believes they’re smarter than everyone else, more capable than everyone else, more justified than everyone else. Humility went extinct a long time ago. "

― Orson Scott Card , The First Formic War (Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens)