Introducing Chaos

9th September, 2024

Abrupt pause…

Dare to be less for a while.

No name, No religion, No cultural or professional identity

Just a plain old human on the rocks.

Now... be assured that we are all in a good place.

We made it as a species!

We rarely need to fear the wild anymore.

We can choose when to go hiking or camping; our ancestors had no choice in this case.

We don’t even need to step into a supermarket—home deliveries can be arranged at the right price.

And that price? It can be covered while working comfortably from home.

Does any of this help?

Are you free from all your worries ?

If not, let's continue.

Worrying! Ever stopped to wonder why we even do that? Why is worrying such a part of our lives?

Lets understand this through a story,

Once upon a time, tens of thousands of years ago, a stone caught the attention of a fine-looking boy we’ll call Apeish.
The stone was sharp, and it had hurt Apeish’s foot.

For some reason instead of throwing it away, Apeish picked up the stone and couldn’t bring himself to let go.

He felt something not just in his foot but also on the opposite end of his body.

He tried scratching the sensation away but failed.

It was his brain—it had an idea.

Apeish realized that if this sharp stone could hurt him, it could just as easily be used against those trying to invade their territory.

This was imagination—thinking, or ‘braining’, as one might call it.

When it works in your favor, it’s called smartness; when it works against you, it’s called anxiety.

Before long, Apeish ascended to leadership of the tribe, and his popularity quickly grew among the females and the younger members.

In his newfound power, he sought ways to suppress thinking amongst younger members. However, what was unleashed was something that was beyond his control.

Before the situation got out of control Apeish with his adoring followers, decided to pass a law:

"Any thought that challenges the leader's established norms will result in exile from the community."

If the former part performed by Apeish was imagining then the latter was worrying.
Could Apeish have acted differently?

Had he made different choices, it’s likely that the growing number of outcasts wouldn’t have formed a gang and eventually killed him.
At its core, the gang wasn’t just motivated by a thirst for control, but also by a burning need for revenge after being torn from their community.
Chaos reigned as no one could agree on a leader or how to lead.
Meanwhile, the women and children, fearful for their lives, faced uncertain futures. Some found shelter, but the rest—well, they found no rest at all.

If you had been given a chance to rewrite the story of Apeish, what choices would you have made?

Take a moment and think

It is tempting to say that you would not have made the law or exiled anyone.

This isn’t just about power or its misuse; it’s about understanding what gives rise to power and leads to its abuse.

The trouble brought on to Apeish and the community was because of 'fear' and 'worrying'.

What is ‘worrying’, you may ask?

That which we do almost all the time:

• Do I look good enough?
• Should I go and talk to them?
• Will they like me?
• Will I win the competition?
• Will you keep reading whatever I write?
• Will I ever get to the point?

In our story, Apeish was granted leadership out of fear that rival communities might attack. Soon, Apeish was overwhelmed by the fear that others within the community might rise up, challenge his authority, and jeopardize his position.
Meanwhile, the gang members were fearful about being unable to rejoin their community as long as Apeish remained the leader. This mutual worrying on all sides led to undesirable outcomes for everyone involved.

Can we stop Worrying?

In Apeish’s world, the scarcity of resources led communities to engage in conflict, making their concerns understandable.

However, in today's world, many of our anxieties might be much less justified, even though they may appear valid to the individuals experiencing them.

One may argue that if we don’t worry, nothing will ever get done.

Sure, worrying might help us get something done in the moment, but only for the sake of it. Unless we are really lucky, it’s likely to cause problems down the line. And if it doesn’t, we will just become experts at worrying.

There is a reason why worrying is actually useless in most cases:-

Just like every other species, we are wired to survive. We dominate through our ability to imagine and innovate tools.
However, if we see a lion we are not going to innovate a tool. In that case our brain will naturally go in what we can call “survival mode”. The brain's fight-or-flight response takes over, triggering stress hormones that prioritize survival.

However, our brain often struggles to distinguish between an actual threat, like a lion, and perceived fear of something such as a strict teacher. In the latter case, physical action isn’t required; the teacher only demands an answer. Yet, when the brain enters survival mode due to fear, it finds it difficult to provide a proper response and might start acting irrationally.

Evolution has given us a highly developed prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for complex cognitive functions like decision-making, reasoning, emotional regulation, and long-term planning. This advanced area allows us to think critically, imagine, and create, setting us apart from other species.
However, under stress, the brain’s hindbrain, specifically the amygdala and the limbic system, takes over. This is often referred to as the "fight-or-flight" response, rooted in our reptilian brain—the older, more primitive part of the brain responsible for survival instincts.
It can hence be said that every time we worry we become more like our distant ancestors. Violent and/or irrational.

So ahem ahem …. we actually become inefficient and “less brainy” the more we fear.
Yessssss f*ck exams!!!!!!!

This isn’t an argument against education; in fact, it's an argument for improving how we live better, also absorbing and applying knowledge better.

Worry narrows our focus on the problem, making it harder for the brain to explore new ideas or think imaginatively.
The part of the brain that helps us come up with creative solutions, the prefrontal cortex, gets overwhelmed by stress, and we become less open to new possibilities.
Instead of being imaginative, we get stuck thinking about the same worries.
So, creativity tends to go down when we're too focused on worrying.

Apeish was creative when he discovered the stone, then he became consumed with worry to stop others.

So, when you see “bad people” doing “bad things”, consider them as deeply worried individuals using their imagination to win some sort of competition.

We’ve all done something mischievous at some point to get ahead or achieve a goal.

One could argue, “Our childish mischief isn’t the same as dropping a bomb”

But here’s the biggest irony of our lives: That we can say, for some people, dropping bombs and starting wars is just a thought in their head—like moving chess pieces around in their mind?

Wars have existed for as long as history records, and blaming either side has never brought an end to them. Is it time we move beyond seeing things in terms of right and wrong?

When we see religious extremism, wars or crime it's easy to align ourselves with the victims and consider ourselves"nice" and compassionate. This instinctive sympathy, however well-intentioned, can blind us to the bigger picture. By focusing solely on the suffering of the innocent, we may end up isolating and demonizing the attackers without trying to understand the roots of their actions.
It is only when we take the time to understand both sides—without excusing the violence—that we realize the attacks are often driven by deeper identity struggles. The attackers aren't just causing harm for the sake of it; they're often in ‘survival mode’ defending their perceived sense of self or identity in the presence of a threat. Their response is out of fear of death which activates the response literally called ‘fight or flight’.

Leaders or fighters religious or otherwise are just humans. Neither good nor bad, their reality is just different from others.

When someone says “their God exists”, they mean it !

During our formative years, the brain undergoes rapid development, shaping how we perceive and understand reality.
Our experiences, interactions, and social environments create neural pathways that define our worldviews.

The brain shapes our perception, forming neural pathways that not only allow us to recognize "this is my hand" or "this is my leg," but also lead us to think "this is my country" or "this is my religion." These thoughts are central to how we mentally construct our sense of reality. It's unrealistic to expect someone to suddenly abandon belief in God especially when said in a mocking way (it is perceived as a threat by our brains).

The word "me" is just a label for the part of our brain that experiences our daily life and perceives it on the basis of our existing knowledge sets (i.e. past).

A child raised in fear (even of God) or abuse (by anyone or any type) develops a very different perception of reality compared to those who grow up in nurturing environments. They often remain in a constant "survival mode," which can lead them to act in ways that might seem irrational to others.
Criticizing these individuals as "wrong" without knowing them can be deeply harmful because it challenges their deeply ingrained neural patterns, formed as coping mechanisms. This can result in extreme depression, as they may not know any other way to navigate life, or provoke aggression, as they may interpret the criticism as an attack on their very identity. Understanding these responses as rooted in trauma rather than inherent flaws is key to helping them heal and adapt.

Before you read any further, here is why you should want to understand this:
Any new tool, technology, or methodology inevitably ends up being used in ways the innovator never anticipated. If we, as creators, aren’t mindful of basic human tendencies, we risk unknowingly creating weapons that cause physical and psychological harm. These tendencies—our own biases and assumptions—can shape innovations in ways that lead to unintended and potentially harmful outcomes.

Researchers have often oversimplified human behavior by studying it in animals. The reward and punishment model, based on studies with rats and pigeons, has been widely used to shape how we learn and behave.
However, humans are far more evolved, driven by complex motivations like creativity and purpose. This model doesn't fully work for us because it ignores intrinsic motivation and deeper emotional and cognitive processes, leading to systems and jobs that feel extremely tiring and unfulfilling.

These research might be good at explaining our actions. However, designing our future based on these approaches limits our ability to innovate.
In Fact they make humans, with our higher intellect, more prone to boredom and monotony.

Many of these animal-based models are adopted because they sound "highly logical," but most were never tested on humans. In fact, when the reward theory was tested on babies, it led to reduced creativity. Why? Once rewards were introduced, the babies became focused on earning the reward, fearing failure, and neglecting the actual problem-solving process. This shift in focus hindered their creative thinking.

Creativity cannot be accurately studied in pigeons trained to peck for food.

The reason we, as humans, continue to follow the mind-blunting systems is because those in power control the wealth or have the power to simply throw us inside a prison.

As capitalism rises and wealth shifts to corporations, education systems and work methods are also changing.
However, the pattern of enslavement persists. Corporations (a logo and a lot of legal work) now hold the wealth, and people follow the same path, again losing sight of their uniqueness.
We pursue lucrative job titles that offer money and some form of power over others.
The dynamic of money is particularly interesting because, in reality, we don't need much to live our daily lives. However, to satisfy our lack of self-image, we turn to material goods, aiming to appear fulfilled in the eyes of those around us.
This kind of fulfillment, though, is never truly enough because there is always more to acquire. The society we live in feels the same, driving us to accumulate more.
The real issue isn't just the desire for more possessions but the lack of fulfillment. While accumulation may profit our capitalist society, it leads to a great loss for us as individuals, who never truly feel satisfied.

On the brighter side, there's a concept we can call "RE-WRITING OUR PRESENT."

Take a deep breath…..

Things in the world have been a certain way for so long largely because we’ve allowed our pasts to dictate our present. Things tend to continue as they are because those in power have invested tremendous effort to get there, and understandably, they are reluctant to let go after working so hard.
Moreover, the current systems run deep, and without them, society might falter.

However, if we begin working to give ‘ourselves’ the opportunity to find and ‘re-find’ ourselves, we might unlock a potential in humanity that we’ve yet to see (or else we will never know what we humans are capable of).

The internet has been a game-changer for the world, and we, the authors, are living proof of its impact. Writing this required us to experience both ends of the spectrum—born into one reality, and then led by the internet to a completely different one.

Today's internet landscape is increasingly shaped by corporate priorities, where the emphasis is on short-term gains to appease shareholders, rather than genuine innovation. Interestingly, most of the now-dominant websites started as small ventures by curious young innovators.
However, the challenges of managing growth and meeting financial needs led many of them to seek help from investors and managers. The problem isn't in seeking investment or hiring managers; it's the mindset that sometimes comes along—a mindset focused on traditional thinking and risk aversion.

Most people who end up in the lure of corporate careers likely never get the chance to explore their true interests. The pursuit of money and title often becomes a greater motivator than personal passions.
Those of us who found careers that align with our interests often had the “privilege” of supportive environments that didn’t pressure us into more "practical" paths, allowing us the freedom to pursue what we love.

And corporations themselves are just collectives of people like us, driven by the societal belief that money + status = fulfillment. This belief fuels the corporate machine of risk aversion.

Moving beyond

Moving away from traditional systems can show us a world full of opportunities and abundance if we can dare and learn how to look.
The idea that humanity faces a lack of resources is almost laughable. We are toolmakers—if there's something out there, we will find a way to use it to survive. However, when we face an immediate threat, our brains switch into survival mode. For example, if you saw a tsunami approaching, you’d instinctively grab whatever you could and run. But if you had advance warning of the tsunami, you’d start thinking, planning, and innovating to deal with the threat.

Our education system and job market constantly make us feel like there’s an invisible, ever-present threat hanging over us—whether it’s exams, audits, results, or weekly and daily performance reviews. Under this pressure, instead of thinking creatively or exploring new ideas, our brain clings to routine and repetition, focusing on rote learning. This is incredibly limiting for our naturally high-functioning brains, which thrive on novelty and problem-solving.

Our general intelligence has been reduced to such a narrow scope that we often fear new technologies replacing us. We are scared of tools we actually should have been using to our advantage.

Most of the fears we experience are collective perceptions. Our brains, wired for survival, tend to treat something as a threat when multiple people express concern, even if the danger isn’t real. This tendency to amplify risks is a natural instinct, but it often leads us to overestimate threats that don’t truly exist.
Governments don’t help!
Governments, often led by like minded “experienced” individuals can unintentionally spread a sense of pessimism. When faced with challenges they may react with caution or fear, rather than encouraging, more explorative minds to innovate.

Historically, this approach made sense—older members of primate societies had seen more, so their cautious behavior was valuable in navigating familiar, slowly changing environments. But today, humanity faces fewer of the old threats and is constantly on the brink of discovering something new. In this context, breaking free from traditional, rigid ways of thinking is often the key to innovation.

We can no longer afford to uphold systems that have repeatedly failed us. These systems, whether governments or corporations, are built on centralized structures that rely on deference to a single leader. While this made sense in tribal times, today the real threat is not external danger but the suppression of new ideas. The nature of traditional organizations is to play ‘safe’, stifling creativity and perpetuating a cycle of conformity and fear of change.

It’s almost absurd that we, as humans, settle for salaried jobs to fulfill someone else’s vision of ‘things’. Why don’t we strive to find what truly motivates us? Why do we take so many things for granted?
If one cares more about their standing in society and their ego it is likely they will be surrounded by people who only care about titles and salaries, not real problems.

Centralized systems, driven by competition for resources, have long governed society, stemming from a lack of understanding that Earth is a shared resource.
For much of history, progress in distant regions was seen as irrelevant or even a threat.
However, with mass communication and the internet, this mindset is shifting. We now recognize our interconnectedness, and advancements in one place can uplift others. Yet, governments remain stuck in outdated, tribal models based on geographic boundaries, often focused more on arguments and identity than on solving real problems.

The shift we need lies in recognizing that scarcity is an illusion. Resources aren't inherently limited unless we perpetuate the mindset that we must compete for what already belongs to all of us. It’s not a lack of resources but the systems and mindsets we’ve built that constrain us. Schools, universities, and workplaces have ingrained in us a sense of competition, framing life as a zero-sum game where success for one means loss for another.

However, this framework is outdated. The true obstacle isn’t education or labor; it's the deep-rooted fear of scarcity that these systems nurture. This fear—fueled by competition—holds us back from realizing our potential for collective innovation and collaboration. When we view the world through the lens of abundance, we recognize that threats or challenges are opportunities to come together, pool our knowledge, and solve problems cooperatively.

The internet has opened up limitless access to knowledge and opportunities, and we can no longer blame others for our stagnation. What we need now is a fresh start to re-find ourselves.

Deep down, we all know our purpose: to create an antidote to everything that once held us back and build the world we’ve always dreamed of.

Read about the antidote we are working on