Creighton

‘Were there a species of creatures intermingled with men, which

though rational, were possessed of such inferior strength, both of body

and mind, that they were incapable of all resistance, and could never,

upon the highest provocation, make us feel the effects of their

resentment; the necessary consequence, I think, is that we should be

bound by the

Human religion begins with our ability to populate our minds with imagined other minds.

Storr, The Science of Storytelling

The entire story of a civilization, or a community, centers around energy: its availability; its production; the uses to which it is put. Whether need outstrips them all.