No Shame in Going Native

By Hassan Rasheed

We were born into a different world than the one we find ourselves living in at this moment. The world back then was a simple one guided by nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a guide to how to turn things around on a global and a personal level.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9781304628732

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Introduction

We were born into a different world than the one we find ourselves living in at this moment. The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition.  So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain.  This is a guide to why and how to turn things around on a global and personal level.

Our Complicated Modern Life

It isn't straightforward because it depends on technology.  Technology has a life of its own which is rapidly evolving and changing by the minute.  We humans are having a hard time keeping up which causes a great deal of stress physically and mentally.  You see humans evolved to be hunter/gatherers and they exercised their instinctive talents in those avenues.  Instead, many of us today find ourselves behind a desk looking at a piece of flat glass for hours.  Others find themselves behind a machine trying to control it to do the work the boss wants them to do. Even day laborers who spend hours repeating one of two tasks over and over go home and all they want to do is eat and rest in front of a flat piece of glass trying to get their minds off to somewhere else than work. As a result, our bodies turn into mush for lack of proper exercise.

In the end, our brains are taking on many more responsibilities than they can or should handle.  As a result, the United States of America has a mental health crisis.  Not enough doctors or therapists in the field of mental health are produced a year to take care of the increasing demand.  Six in 10 practitioners reported that they no longer have openings for new patients, nearly half (46%) said they have been unable to meet the demand for treatment, and nearly three-quarters (72%) have longer wait lists than before 2021. There are over 198,811 therapists and over 81,000 psychologists practicing in the US. Aug 16, 2023. Since 2020, about 30% of American adults have seen a therapist. In 2021, about 42 million people received treatment or counseling for their mental health. About 17% of American teens see a therapist each year. Every year, about 20% of working adults experience a mental health issue, such as depression or anxiety.

Information overload in our brains is one reason for the crisis.  We are bombarded by all kinds of different information that can’t be stored and processed yet we feel that we need to do so.  It’s like trying to fit a round peg in a square hole. For example, when we go to vote we are expected to know the candidate's background and qualifications, and on top of that, we need to know things like economics or engineering to name just two of many subjects to make the right choices.

Humans don’t like change and when they are confronted by a rapidly evolving technological world where it is do or die in your job, they encounter another source of stress. After years of trial and error, software engineers and implementers know that they have to involve the end user at the beginning of the project and have them involved in the development and implementation phases to have any success at all. Even then 50% of projects fail when placed in the environment it is supposed to help because of the non-acceptance of the end user of inability to use it.

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