Discussions, post-mortems, analysis, inflated egos, and all that jazz.

Or, there's the viewpoint that we, as sentient beings, are currently undergoing a training period, facing the threat of extinction, to develop abilities in self-control and control over our surroundings, the ability to negotiate, communicate, and so on. Which, in other words, suggests that the balance has already shifted, and our task now is to restore it, urgently training our minds.