This is the true problem... simply put

VALUE - A chemical reaction that takes place in a human body.

What? Sounds weird right. Totally different than anything you have ever conceived before.

Well. That's why everyone is so damn confused about what is wrong with... EVERYTHING

Lets say you have a house for sale. How valuable is it? Well... someone might say, "one hundred thousand dollars".

Okay. That is how much it is WORTH. On average, people in the market for a house will trade you one hundred thousand dollars for that house.

But how 'valuable' is that house to each person? It is different for each person. Each time a person thinks about the house, their neurons will fire, and their brain will make all sorts of calculations, and they will either WANT/DESIRE the house or they won't.

This WANT/DESIRE/VALUE is a chemical reaction. A neurological response. A psychological phenomenon.

So what's the problem?

Well... our entire society is designed to provide us the CHEMICALS we need to survive. Food. Water. Clean Air. Medicine.

Right?

But some of the chemicals we need to survive are produced inside of our body.

And only in response to certain stimulus.

Now... when humans look at one another, our subconscious evaluates them.

Can this person help me acquire food? Can this person be a good sexual partner? Can they provide information? Etc.

This is not a conscious process. It just happens in a split second.

We are not aware of it consciously. But... we feel the results.

If the subconscious sees the person as VALUABLE, then it will release those chemicals. You will VALUE the person.

So our society thought that with division of labor, assembly lines, etc. we could create an abundance of food, water, and technology.

We were right.

But... we did not take into account, the fact that we were making people less VALUABLE to one another.

Think about it. If everyone in your neighborhood died tomorrow. Would you have less food? Less water? Would your life change at all?

If everyone in Detroit died tomorrow... how would that affect you?

If a million people died in Japan right now... would you have less food?

The answer is no. And our subconscious KNOWS it. When we look at people, our body doesn't release all those chemicals that cause people to respect, love, care for one another.

So you find it harder and harder to care about people. And you realize that no one around you really cares about you either.

If you died tomorrow, there would be a funeral. A couple of people would miss you.

That's it. In three days no one would remember your name.

Thing is... we need these social relationships. Food, water, air? Great. All of those chemicals released when we hear friends laughing, and when people are showing respect and love? Um... no.

And so we are sick. Weak. Incomplete. Like a man without testosterone or adrenaline or any one of the vital chemicals our bodies produce.

So how do we cope?

We self-medicate. We take chemicals that release some of these chemicals.

But we all subconsciously understand the problem. We are caught up in this huge inhuman machine. And we are getting sicker every day.

The new generation is raised on antidepressants and sugar to substitute social relationships.

The doctors are busy trying to build a synthetic pancreas and genetically re-engineer us, rather than identifying the problem.

But the day to day guy?

More and more are beginning to fantasize that a zombie apocalypse happens. Or robots go bezerk. Or an asteroid destroys civilization.

Why? Because he wants everyone to die?

No. Because he wants to valued.

When his wife looks at him, he wants her to value him. He doesn't want her to look at him, and idly think about killing him or divorcing him.