The fast changing world order clearly suggests: there is something fundamentally WRONG in what we are doing, we - collectively as humans. Are we really on the path to no return? So far it seems that we all follow the path coined by King Louis XV of France "After me: the flood!".
Those having multiple pets have most likely noticed that the one fed poorly is always 'hungry', no matter how much food it gets later on. Looks like we, as humans, are fed poorly and many (businesses, politicians, systems, platforms: you name it) take calculated action to work on keeping us in the feeding 'mode', and away from reaching/wanting higher 'needs' in the Maslow pyramid. The feeding comes in many ways, for many forms of 'hunger' we are so far programmed to have. Most importantly, these "hunger traps" are programmed for us since our birth, so that we stay hungry throughout our lives as members of societies in which we are born.
Vocabulary of a 2.5 years girl is formed through cartoons she is watching by the silent agreement of and willful feeding by lazy and also well programmed parents: she already knows about police cars and hooligans that needs to be jailed as the innocent looking cars with human faces teach her the reality of the world she is slowly discovering. She knows about fashion and many fancy devices the beautiful and like-looking cartoon characters advocate for, and she is well trained to operate the smartphones and ipads and computers she interacts with on daily basis. More grownups are stuck between the digital and real, many finding escape in the former from the problems they face in the latter: while parents turn to "specialists" to cure their 'illnesses' like:
- Depression.
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Tourette Syndrome.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Basic Attention Deficit, Child
Most of these 'orders' are created by us in the new age we are responsible for. More and more kids refuse to be part of this world: number of kids with autism is growing exponentially.
The world outlook beyond this 'innocent' picture of our younger generation is perhaps groomer then ever: non-stop wars, ever growing military industry and spendings, hunger, inequality, racism, genocides, once again well divided world with border-walls becoming stronger and stronger despite the globalization, powerful lobbies serving interests that perhaps have no owners, powerful platforms controlling everything, widespread consumerism, pandemics, mass extermination of other species, animals, and the world habitat, let alone the global worming...
And what we, the generation that is claiming to be the leaders responsible for what is happening with the world, are doing to help the situation? We continue 'feeding', the self and the hungry others, hiding behind self made "escapes" like democracy, religion, parties, policies, rules and laws, organizations and institutions (in large without purpose or direction), bureaucracies, universities, schools, clubs, factions, parliaments, referendums ... Or in other words: doing NOTHING!!! We have no power and will to leave the perceived "zone of comfort": we are not programmed for that. Perhaps we do not even know who is writing the code we operate with.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 44 children in the United States today. The world is no different. With this pace, we soon will become a total ASD society.
Is it the flood we all deserve...Is there light in the end of the tunnel?