Social Insanity

This has been a problem for a long time. We are not only prone to insanity, as individuals - but as groups also. where it usually gets worse.

We were made to operate in small groups - of 100 people, or less. And in this social setting, we functioned well. But this ended when we became Civilized, and lived in much larger groups. When this happened, we were faced with a huge problem - how to live with all those other people?

We should realize we still have this problem, and always will. But we keep forgetting this. We think we have somehow solved this problem, and can now work on easier problems.

But right away we run into a problem. People can say they have no problems (or not too many of them) in the small world they live in, and which they know very well. But if they look at the larger world, they can easily see problems, and a lot of them.

And these can drive them crazy. Or they may just shut down, and do not see anything. In either case, they lose their self-respect.