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If there’s something particular about the things we like to talk about in modern society it’s our fascination with change. We love to see what’s wrong with the world, with others and with ourselves. Hey, I’m guilty as the next guy. Is this always mentally helpful? No. The whole purpose of books like StrengthFinder is to reinforce what works, not to seek constant change.
Some reasons for this mindset:
We like to feel smart
Being the one who proposes change is a sign of intellectual status nowadays. We put people who “change the world” on a pedestal, without considering if that change is always for the better. Just because they took the step that others were too coward to take, does not mean that step had to be taken in the first place.
We like to be on the right side
Everyone believes they are right. There’s not a single person in the world who says, “This is what I believe we should do, but I’m clearly wrong.” We agree or criticize something in order to choose sides. We need sides because we’ve been put into teams ever since communities existed.
We believe in universality
Propositions for change are always universal. They don’t consider alternate visions because they emerge from a particular group of people that isn’t big enough to represent differing world visions. Change is absolute, is arrogant. Most ideas of change only consider one world view- the one coming from the changer.
It sells
Change has more selling potential than status-quo or regression. The idea business, mostly reflected in books, is all about change. What’s coming, what should stop, what you have to do, what you are missing out. When we read them, we get the feeling of having acquired an advantage, a new skill. The only way to use this hypothetical advantage is to change something.
Change sells because it feeds of our egos and desire to beat others. This does not mean change should occur.
We don’t believe in perfection
Humanity does not believe in perfection. By opposition it must believe in change, in improvement.The main problem that I see with this mentality is that we are choosing constant dissatisfaction. There’s always going to be something wrong with us or our choices. There’s no settling. We are sacrificing the peace of traditions for the turbulence of “improvement.” Nothing is sacred anymore if someone can see a reason to change it.
Good luck finding peace with all this progress…
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