The Invisible Crisis Eating Modern Societies From Within
Whenever people discuss the problems facing the world today, the conversation usually revolves around familiar topics. • Corruption • Poverty • Inequality • Political polarization • Environmental degradation • Rising living costs • Unemployment • Weak institutions These are undoubtedly serious problems. But I believe we are often making a mistake. We spend so much time arguing about the symptoms that we rarely stop to ask a more important question: What is the underlying disease causing these symptoms in the first place? After years of observing politics, society, and human behavior, I have come to a conclusion that many people may disagree with. The greatest crisis facing modern societies is not corruption. It is not poverty. It is not political division. It is not even bad governance. The invisible crisis eating our societies from within is the gradual normalization of indifference. People are slowly losing the ability to care about those beyond themselves. And once that happen...