Why can't people see that oversimplification is a natural response to overstimulation?? For people who have read the books by Dr. John Coleman (Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and Committee of 300), the problem AND solution are so obvious that they might as well be on a bilboard in Times Square. Life is not more complex... individuals in key positions of political and economic power are doing what they've always done: engineering society. Today, they have the benefit of technology to accomplish what they've accomplished in times past, which is basically a public society (as opposed to a secret one) that is more preoccupied with petty problems than the systemic causes of those problems. Read the books!! You won't regret it!