In the Archaeology of Peace, Jim O'Brien uses a lens of logical analysis to focus on who we humans are, the purpose of governments, the nature of freedom, and how we perceive self defense. O'Brien challenges each of us to consider the way we think, how we as a species came to perceive our realities and identities, and with our free will, how to re-create our unexamined paradigms into a more human and logical model for peaceful coexistence.