Very insightful @kennyskitchen, I too hold the opinion that we are programmable beings. Since we are social creatures, we pick up cues constantly and are adjusting ourselves to fit within a specific group. We are highly adaptable beings with great power to create and alter reality. I've tried to explain to some friends that I believe that many problems we face are from the systems of coercive control that have collectively been built. I believe that fundamentally the outside world is a reflection of our internal self. There will be no widespread change until individuals grow and change internally toward inner peace and joy.