Surplus God and compensatory gestures

The advent of surplus in the Iron Age led to the concept of 'more God than you need', resulting in sacrificial acts, compensatory gestures, and the belief in extra or surplus God. Various cultures created rituals and ceremonies to cope with this 'horrible miscalculation', trying to break even on the idea of surplus God. The speaker emphasizes that the world is God, and humans are the ones in temples, mosques, churches, and other religious settings, highlighting the calamity of not recognizing this fundamental truth.