@intspekt , Thanks for the super detailed reply, it good to know people are reading and taking in the signal im sending 😊 sorry it took me a while to get this response, there was just so much to unpack in your comment 😊

Yes there is many faults in the western way of thinking and one of the most prominent is that “there is nothing better than our way of thinking“. If we are not capable of examining our own thought processes, behaviors and methods of interaction etc. and acknowledging the flaws to try and rectify inconsistencies then we are doomed to continue on the same path, to not grow or evolve. there is much to be learned for observing other cultures, lifestyles, etc. which will help humanity better itself.

What I believe is that we are hindering ourselves from moving forward by clinging to these out dated methods of interacting with one another. That being said, whatever the paradigm shifts to im more than open for “that” to change as we move forward as well. Being static does not promote growth, there is not “final answer”, there are unequivocal truths. However, the human condition feels a considerable amount of dissonance when we feel we don’t know something, it can make us question our mortality, so we fool ourselves into thinking that we do have the answers to make us feel better. Again if we could acknowledge and accept these faults in ourselves we can take steps to counter this method of thinking. This would require independent though, critical thinking, etc. but this is too much for some to handle…. So I guess the saying “ignorance is bliss” is relevant in these kinds of scenarios.

The inconvenient truth is that we have to take some responsibility for ourselves and our own actions. What we feel is lacking in our lives is based on our own choices to adhere to the social norms that keep us feeling the disconnect in our lives, that makes us believe that material possessions/ money will fill the void in our hearts and our souls. It is up to us to move in a direction which is congruent with our autonomy and who we are, even if it mean going against the grain of what the social norms would dictate. In the words of the great Chris Cornell “to be yourself is all that you can do”

Humans tend to like analogies and comparisons to help gain an understanding of any particular concept, for instance when we explain steemit to non-users we may say “its like FB but you get paid for your content” it helps bridge to an understanding. However, this can be detrimental to the understanding we design as we can have considerable attribution errors attached to the new concept. When we transfer the concept of Planned Obsolescence and apply it to mankind’s interactions with one another we end up dehumanising people and treating them like objects as opposed to sentient beings.

Yes technology is an easy go to for observing Planned Obsolescence from fridges, phones, cars, computers, and anything else like that get “new and improved” versions all the time, or they break within a few years. Gone are the days of building things to last because that is not profitable. But the reason it happens is because we choose to accept it, we fall for the bullshit sales tactics, we buy the fear they sell us…