Overstimulation does not happen in isolation. Cultures do not stumble into environments that weaken the human spirit by accident. For supernormal stimuli to take root and thrive, something deeper must shift. A worldview must emerge that justifies the erosion of structure, discipline, and formation. That worldview is what I call the pseudo-enlightenment. Enlightenment Without Formation The pseudo-enlightenment borrows the language of freedom, authenticity, and progress while quietly removing...

Most people today feel overwhelmed, restless, and dissatisfied, even when nothing appears to be wrong. Life is full, yet oddly empty. Busy, yet unsatisfying. Loud, yet emotionally undernourishing. In therapy offices, living rooms, and quiet moments alone, the same questions keep surfacing. Why am I so easily irritated? Why can’t I sit still? Why does nothing seem to satisfy for long? Why does marriage feel harder than it should? The default assumption is that something is wrong with us....

We often think of empathy as something soft, feeling into someone’s emotions, holding space, nodding compassionately. But logical empathy adds a second layer. It means applying reason and curiosity to those emotions. It means asking not just how do they feel? But why does that feeling make sense to them? What’s the internal logic behind their emotional world? In other words, it’s empathy that’s done some thinking.