The Philosophy

Although the rate of change in so many different areas of our lives has become so rapid that it’s impossible to keep up, our collective response to this amounts to wilful ignorance, for the sake of continuing business as usual. 

Despite living in such tumultuous times, where every individual is obligated to deliver only their best in whatever way they see fit, our general collective attitude is one of ignorance and hubris. With the magnitude of change occurring all around us, this attitude ensures we remain on a self-terminating trajectory. 

In so many different fields, disciplines, and areas of research there is a stagnation. An inhibition of further advancement and progress. Who’s to say what’s causing this broad restraint across so many different domains? For now, let’s refer to the causes of such stagnation as “legacy mechanisms”. Mechanisms that inhibit further progress in certain domains as that progress would threaten the continued existence of legacy pursuits, from which certain people profit. This well-worn path of legacy pursuits is the self-terminating trajectory alluded to above. The gains accrued by those who have a vested interest in continuing down this well-worn path are short-term, and come at the expense of long-term sustainability. 

In the long-run, if the action of these inhibitory legacy mechanisms is permitted to continue, everyone loses.