Excellent article! May I add “A whole lot of men are lost, for whatever reason…” is a true statement. However women are lost too. This is a systemic human problem. Where and how it is expressed may generally alter its visibility and targeted victims. Refer to the Polyvagal Theory, developed by Stephen Porges, PhD, and Ian Gilchrist, MD for riveting understanding of what we need to address. Eric Kandel, MD won the Nobel Peace Prize for the most basic explication of what we are overlooking - the basic human mandate is to care for and protect one another.
I agree that this phenomena is not gender specific. Yes, men tend to act out in more overtly violent ways, but there are plenty of women who have been radicalized. While it is an interesting essay, I do think it muddies the argument by bringing it down to disenfranchised males. I wish the author had left gender out of the discussion and focused on the real problems: radicalization and the causes of radicalization. Personal failure is the fertile ground of radicalization, but it is not limited to males. Deal with male violence, which is a broader problem, in a different essay.
This is so true, Anand. Many years ago, when I was teaching literature, I ran a course called "Fathers and Sons" in which students explored the ways fathers damage their sons. History is full of it (beginning with Abraham), and the need to do harm, to oppress women and make war in order to puff themselves up, etc. is age-old. But in this era of social media, the crumbling of institutions, etc. things have become much worse for men than before because they have lost all sense of meaning and will do whatever it takes -- even following the darkest of courses -- to find it, even if the meaning they seek is evanescent as air.
Until we have programs/systems in pre-school, middle and high schools, colleges, workplaces and homes that focus on the importance of the inner personal development and emotional health of a human being, we will continue to have a society with a bunch of very emotionally unhealthy people. There is no work more than the inner personal and emotional development of a human being. This must become out 21st century focus and priority. Mind management matters, mental health matters!
The tragic outcome of what happened in New Orleans isn’t that something like this will happen again, because it will, but that as a society, we are utterly unwilling to prevent these rampages from happening again.
“Unable” implies a lack of knowledge and resources available to address the problem. There’s no lack of knowledge of awareness; yes, there is a lack of resources.
There is zero willingness from political and corporate influences to address these problems, other than the usual “thoughts and prayers” BS.
Can Healthcare AI predict opioid overdoses ethically? Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses with AI experts Batya Friedman & Steve Omohundro how to balance cutting-edge tech with human values as we face the US Gov's AI challenges in 2025.
Americans have been radicalized for decades. I'll never forgive Obama for shutting down the Dept of Homeland Security division that investigated homegrown terrorists. Why? The right wing made Obama feel bad.
Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis
Excellent article! May I add “A whole lot of men are lost, for whatever reason…” is a true statement. However women are lost too. This is a systemic human problem. Where and how it is expressed may generally alter its visibility and targeted victims. Refer to the Polyvagal Theory, developed by Stephen Porges, PhD, and Ian Gilchrist, MD for riveting understanding of what we need to address. Eric Kandel, MD won the Nobel Peace Prize for the most basic explication of what we are overlooking - the basic human mandate is to care for and protect one another.
I agree that this phenomena is not gender specific. Yes, men tend to act out in more overtly violent ways, but there are plenty of women who have been radicalized. While it is an interesting essay, I do think it muddies the argument by bringing it down to disenfranchised males. I wish the author had left gender out of the discussion and focused on the real problems: radicalization and the causes of radicalization. Personal failure is the fertile ground of radicalization, but it is not limited to males. Deal with male violence, which is a broader problem, in a different essay.
This is so true, Anand. Many years ago, when I was teaching literature, I ran a course called "Fathers and Sons" in which students explored the ways fathers damage their sons. History is full of it (beginning with Abraham), and the need to do harm, to oppress women and make war in order to puff themselves up, etc. is age-old. But in this era of social media, the crumbling of institutions, etc. things have become much worse for men than before because they have lost all sense of meaning and will do whatever it takes -- even following the darkest of courses -- to find it, even if the meaning they seek is evanescent as air.
Until we have programs/systems in pre-school, middle and high schools, colleges, workplaces and homes that focus on the importance of the inner personal development and emotional health of a human being, we will continue to have a society with a bunch of very emotionally unhealthy people. There is no work more than the inner personal and emotional development of a human being. This must become out 21st century focus and priority. Mind management matters, mental health matters!
The tragic outcome of what happened in New Orleans isn’t that something like this will happen again, because it will, but that as a society, we are utterly unwilling to prevent these rampages from happening again.
When you say “unwilling” do you mean “unable”? There seems to be no lack of willingness.
I mean “unwilling.”
“Unable” implies a lack of knowledge and resources available to address the problem. There’s no lack of knowledge of awareness; yes, there is a lack of resources.
There is zero willingness from political and corporate influences to address these problems, other than the usual “thoughts and prayers” BS.
These are among the consequences of our society’s deficit of love and empathy.
Can Healthcare AI predict opioid overdoses ethically? Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses with AI experts Batya Friedman & Steve Omohundro how to balance cutting-edge tech with human values as we face the US Gov's AI challenges in 2025.
https://doctorsofcourage.org/the-power-and-limitations-of-u-s-government-artificial-intelligence-in-predicting-opioid-overdose-in-the-year-2025/
Americans have been radicalized for decades. I'll never forgive Obama for shutting down the Dept of Homeland Security division that investigated homegrown terrorists. Why? The right wing made Obama feel bad.
Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/homeland-security-department-curtails-home-grown-terror-analysis/2011/06/02/AGQEaDLH_story.html