To: Ryan Allis

URL: ryanallis.com/why

Ryan, one word for this… Psychology.

Definitely aware of the scale.

I’ve brought myself to tears many times throughout my life by attempting to mentally place myself into the circumstances and mindset of what others face who live in poverty & pain. It is horrible and must be resolved.

However, in asking myself why throughout the past I came to understand it through a more compressive outlook of human nature…

Why, when we have all the abundance we need throughout the world to take care of everyone, do most people sit in complacency with a self-serving life and not contribute much more to others who face a horrible quality of life?

The direct logical answers are obvious. However, in order to get a deeper gut level understanding of why this is occurring, I looked at our human capacity for violence. Put yourself in a mindset to really feel the source of horrible violence and all of the sudden the complacency driving our worldwide standards of contribution look like nothing special. The perspective of… If humans can violate and consciously take the lives of others in such horrific manners, then of course uninspired people living in relative luxury/comfort will likely deprioritize putting in real effort to contribute to those in need.

What you and I want is like a vertical trajectory of development. The world’s current complacency is like a flat-lined scenario. However, violence is like a downward trajectory of destruction. Producing meaningful positive change takes real effort. Humanity is still plagued by consistent violence. Overall, obviously, most people are comfortable within their own lives remaining flat-lined with complacency.

This is not pretty, but if one really taps into feeling the source mindset of violence, then a gut level feeling of understanding can be achieved for why many are complacent with issues like poverty, overall, I think.

I always believe in truly understanding things that I want to solve, even if the understanding leads me to believe it is going to be a harder pursuit than I thought, since understanding often fundamentally helps with crafting effective strategy.

I’ve been seriously looking for solutions for several years now as it relates to these types of mass problems. I too remain hopeful for the opportunities within raising consciousness, general social entrepreneurship, & government. However, ultimately, I’m not satisfied with relying on these, since I don’t see enough predictable power in them to fully pan out. I’m working to pursue more powerful game changers for this reason.