The 1st Renaissance creeped into reality as an inter-disciplinary re-awakening of creativity and production. More than just the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) disciplines were involved, for a non-religious spiritual expressiveness along with a re-imagining of civics and economics also characterized the pioneers who paved the way toward a cultural renewal. Religion, politics, and finance were not first tier change-agents, but rather resulting shifts caused by th...