Psychology In Trouble
As Alvin Toffler put it, “The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” In the 2006 movie <i>Idiocracy</i>, President Camacho addressed the audience with these wise words, “Now I understand everyone’s shit’s emotional right now. But I’ve got a 3 point plan that’s going to fix EVERYTHING.” In keeping with these wise words, as technology advances and young people become more and more interpersonally disadvantaged, I have a 3 point prediction. First, all human behavior is going to become a diagnosable mental condition. Second, addiction and violence are going to be experienced in epidemic proportions (e.g., one in four). Three, consequences are going to be a thing of the past; and as an additional fourth, hypocrisy will be the moral code to live by.
Tags: Alvin Toffler, Human behavior, psychology
Filed Under: Perspective
