Living On A Psychological Treadmill
In today’s world, people increasingly define themselves and are defined by others with regard to what they do rather than who they are. The more that daily life becomes easier, …
Laurence Mesirow
Solving Meaningless Problems To Feel Alive
The human need to have some kind of control over his living environment has been fundamental to his survival. Control comes in many forms: superior knowledge, sharpened skills, good financial …
Touch Has Become So Boring
Touching has become such a boring activity in modern technological society. In terms of the hard things that we have to deal with such as furniture, implements and devices, everything …
That Which Propels Our Lives Today
A young friend of mine in her twenties was recently discussing with me that if she decided to go to graduate school, she would like to do research into intrinsic …
The News As A Substitute For Life
No matter where one goes in modern technological society, it is hard to escape the news. People are reading newspapers and magazines in some form, whether hard copy or online. …
Being Seduced Into Giving Up One’s Control Of Things
Driving has become more and more frictionless and more and more mediated. From gear shift to automatic. From manual steering to power steering. From manual brakes to power brakes. Then …
Living Life Without Devices
I spend so much time focusing on the negative in this column and not enough focusing on the positive, on the potential solutions to many of our emotional and behavioral …
Is Emptiness A Part Of Paradise?
Perhaps it is since the Enlightenment that the concept of Individualism has permeated so much of Western society and later industrialized non-Western societies. Once one believes in the importance of …
Being A Space Traveler In Your Own Space
Virtual reality is something that has been discussed several times in this column, and it is becoming an increasingly important mode of life experience in today’s society. Initially, it has …
Using Pathological Defenses Against Numbness In Modern Technological Society
In my last article, I discussed the topic of what motivates the mass murders that are unfortunately occurring increasingly frequently in today’s world. Now I would like to shift the …