INTRODUCTION

BY ERA

Despite huge strides being made in technology, communication, access to unlimited knowledge banks, smart gadgets, and unlimited choices in consumerism, we find ourselves at a point in history where human well-being and happiness are sharply disconnected from ourselves more than ever before. We are surrounded by corporations that have no regard for the environment, communities, and the impact their products may have on us. Product policies and community standards are often vague, designed to protect from possible liability through censorship and viewership algorithm management. Consumerism without accountability and conscious choice making have enabled organisations to wage wars to justify their economic means to the ends.

Thus active terrorism, genocide, and criminal policies continue to haunt us. However, those who seem to have all luxuries in life are often found engaging in self-destructive behaviours and are gradually becoming desensitised to the sufferings that they may be causing to others…