c2.com’s wiki has a page called WhatIsCivilization that has a couple extremely funny and interesting definitions. I wonder if anyone else has one?
I really like two from that site:
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The steady progress of large numbers of humans from birth to death through a large mall lined with pizza restaurants, hamburger chains, TV sets, and all-you-can-eat salad bars.
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Ritualized Agriculture, followed by locking up all the food.
The wiki civilization page is: http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhatIsCivilization