Collective secular humanism has been from old. Tower of Babel Collective thinking, and Nimrod mentality.
The question that we might consider is are we "replaying" a history that is going to end up better than it did the first time or are we caught in the spin-tail cyclone going down with increasing in speed at every loop!!
"I won't listen, I won't ... I won't!" One day we won't have to ... or will we?!!
"Let us hear while we still can hear and understand ... lest we become enslaved in ignorance and apathy."