Complexity

Every since the enlightenment (which gave us the cause) and the industrial revolution (which gave us the means) we, in the West, have been striving to improve society through the introduction of rules and regulations. Its been a case of two steps forward and 1.9 backwards, but progress has been solid over almost three hundred years. To a large extent we are free of tyranny, our bodies are cared for and there are opportunities for those who want them.

The price we have paid is complexity. Every time there is a a problem to solve or an opportunity to grasp our political leaders, at our insistence, implement new laws and regulations. We are drowning in compliance.

Also the commercial world has kept up with the politicians by bombarding us with as many complex products and services as they can imagine; technology has allowed them almost infinite creative freedom in which to bamboozle us with bullshit.

Its got to a point that people are simply not coping with every-day complexity. We may be free of tyranny of the body and, on paper, we have freedom of thought and speech, but our souls and minds are now fully servile to levels of complexity that we can hardly deal with.