Robert J. Strock argues that wealthy countries are addicted to wealth, which has blocked them from creating real work for the poor. He'll examine how psychology, religion, and spirituality reinforce this problem, then propose solutions combining technology and global cooperation.
Foreign the Undiagnosed Illness of Civilization explores perhaps the greatest challenges throughout time for mankind and one of its greatest opportunities. The central theme is that no powerful, wealthy countries throughout history have ever given substantial work opportunities to their poor and disenfranchised. The first three articles will focus on how the addiction to wealth is our civilization's silent disease. It will highlight the unwitting role that psychology, religion, and spirituality play in fostering this tragedy to humanity. The final article will present a possible direction towards survival and global well being. It is a combination of how new technologies combined with global cooperation could help humanity move beyond division and into an era of international well being. If we have the courage and wisdom to act, it's clear we're not ready yet. In bringing forth these principles, it's with great helplessness and sorrow that I share them. Throughout the last 45 years, I have felt my own impotence to have these vital messages be received as more than my delusion talking. Even now, I preemptively feel the likelihood of being experienced as someone who is naive and perhaps even righteous. Even though I'm confident that more than 5 billion disenfranchised people agree with most of what I've attempted to convey, it is dominantly the wealthy and powerful that will likely presume my presumptuousness. I ask that you focus on the message, not the messenger, and that you consider this as a contemplation. I really hope that you are asking yourself, what is my wisdom telling me.
