Rethinking the Mental Health Crisis
It’s not just psychological, it’s also philosophical
In his recent podcast, Nate Hagens discusses how we are living in a mentally and physically sick society. Despite significant technological advancements and material gains, we’ve seen a corresponding decline in mental health and attention to our inner lives.
He writes:
“The Superorganism and the Self coexist in a recursive dance: while the Superorganism influences individual experiences, those experiences collectively influence the Superorganism. The centuries-long prioritization of profit over wellbeing is casting a shadow over the lived experiences of individuals: as material wealth and convenient consumption soar (for many), we are seeing increasingly deteriorating mental health and social fragmentation.”
He continues by saying that mental health and resilience are about the most important things that will be needed.
Of course, he wasn’t the first person to make this claim. Many Indigenous peoples…
