Flitting About

Staying the course is a problem here in the west.

I have a personal problem with it, because I always want to try to "improve on the fly" which as a general rule doesn't work all that well.  I have to concentrate hard on just doing things according to the plan and then revisit after completion to see if I can modify the finished product or change the process for next time.

Now, this is a not a problem for me as a personal issue, as I am not wedded to the results.  I have enough to eat, a warm place to sleep, and a moderately active personal life.  I have it pretty good.

But the problems with the society and the approach to change by the society isn't more successful by this method (also known as "flying by the seat of your pants").  As a matter of fact, we are seeing the results

I think that there are three components to this phenomenon.  The first is a societal tendency toward ADHD.  The second is an overblown image of the power of the individual to make a difference, the third is a constant nattering by EVERYONE about the power of change and the wonderfulness of the magic word "new and improved".

Tie these three things together and you have an unstable system.

Look, whether one likes it or not, societies are not the reflections of the individuals within them, if anything, the individuals are are reflection of the society.   What we are doing in the West is crazy.  We are attempting to create a society where there are no standards, no accountability, and no cohesion.  This attempt comes with a systematic looting of the populace.  The ongoing instability of this "society" finds it Fons et Origo in the insatiable drive for change and novelty.

The real problem is that somehow the ideas of the individual and the society and their infinite number of interactions have appeared to be fully separated and it even appears that their two complimentary natures have been placed into opposition with each other.

I can't imagine a society based on such a construct to be viable.