Consistent Failure To Attain Goals Throughout Life

Consistent Failure To Attain Goals Throughout Life Results In Defeatism, Low Self-esteem Or Depression.

A Theme That Appears Repeatedly In The Writings Of The Social Critics Of The Second Half Of The 20th Century Is The Sense Of Purposelessness That Afflicts Many People In Modern Society.

To Those Who Think That All This Sounds Like Science Fiction, We Point Out That Yesterday's Science Fiction Is Today's Fact. The Industrial Revolution Has Radically Altered Man's Environment And Way Of Life, And It Is Only To Be Expected That As Technology Is Increasingly Applied To The Human Body And Mind, Man Himself Will Be Altered As Radically As His Environment And Way Of Life Have Been.

The Techno-industrial System Is Exceptionally Tough Due To Its So-called "democratic" Structure And Its Resulting Flexibility. Because Dictatorial Systems Tend To Be Rigid, Social Tensions And Resistance Can Be Built Up In Them To The Point Where They Damage And Weaken The System And May Lead To Revolution. But In A "democratic" System, When Social Tension And Resistance Build Up Dangerously The System Backs Off Enough, It Compromises Enough, To Bring The Tensions Down To A Safe Level.

Crowding, Rapid Change And The Breakdown Of Communities Have Been Widely Recognized As Sources Of Social Problems. But We Do Not Believe They Are Enough To Account For The Extent Of The Problems That Are Seen Today.