I love the idea that where we went too far was in adding herbs to our sour cream lightened with buttermilk. We've all flown too high on borrowed wings!

Doubtful. Historically, spice trade has played a major role in nation-building. Still does.

One example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_trade

In the future we will have even more abundant resources so I'm not sure they care that we like to invent good dipping sauces.

I bet you're fun at parties.

Whenever someone uses that phrase, I now tend to picture this beautiful monologue by Will Oldham in the movie "A Ghost Story": https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6bs2o5

It's long and depressing (what do you expect for a downer monologue at a party?) but I think worth you while to watch, so that you too can have a comparison point for the future.

I absolutely loved that movie. It was so much more than I expected that I couldn't stop watching it.

Too far.