Only by diagnosing the root cause of a problem can we solve the problem

Question from the Internet:

“How do you explain resolving human problems?”

In order to resolve problems, first, we need to know the root causes of the problems.

It is like in medicine, we can treat symptoms, but until we identified the true diagnosis, superficial, symptomatic treatment will remain unsuccessful, moreover clouding the symptoms actually causes the worsening of the disease.

Humanity has been constantly trying superficial, symptomatic treatments for our problems, despite seeing that they do not work. We keep trying different leaders, different parties, different ideologies and social systems with their different economies. And in the end, we always fail as we have already failed with our present experiment of “liberal democracy” and “free-market economy”, so now people want to resuscitate systems we have already failed with before.

Our blind stubbornness is understandable to a certain extent, since digging deeper to reveal and accept the true diagnosis frightens us like patients suspecting to have cancer also fear going to the doctor.

We are all suffering from cancer, from the cancer-like, inherently selfish, egocentric and exploitative nature that drives all of us. It is this inherent nature that pushes us towards excessive overconsumption, ruthless competition and survival and success at the expense of others and Nature.

And the solution frightens and disgusts us even more. In order to truly solve humanity’s problems we will need to start changing, further developing ourselves — instead of wanting to change, correct, cancel, censor, blame and destroy others. We will not achieve anything by the continuing manipulation, control and exploitation of the world.

If we want a true solution then we will have to willingly, consciously and purposefully change ourselves so we would become adapted to Nature’s integral system and the strict, unforgiving laws that govern the general balance and homeostasis life depends on.