[MD] What's missing?

[skutvik at online.no]

Absolutely All.
I have tried to tried to air this "quiz" a couple of times but for 
some incomprehensible reason it did not evoke any interest, so I 
try again and hope that many will respond.

In his letter of September 2003 to Paul Turner Pirsig uttered 
these words:

    Just when the evolution of the intellectual level from the 
    social level took place in history can only be speculated 
    on .... [snip] .... but if one studies the early books of the 
    Bible or if one studies the sayings of primitive tribes 
    today, the intellectual level is conspicuously absent. The 
    world is ruled by Gods who follow social and biological 
    patterns and nothing else.  

But more specifically, what is missing from the said Biblical age 
compared to posterity? If that can be pinned down we finally have 
Pirsig's definition of what constitutes intellect. Of course there are 
a billion "things" and, not much talk about politics and economics 
..etc. but you know what I mean.:  In a MOQ context what has 
happened in between? 

Please

Bo