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The Farmer & Farmer Review . Modern Medicine . A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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What ends up happening in the world — on a very large scale — has a lot to do with what people believe will happen. Because of network effects, if enough people start to believe in a particular outcome, their subconscious will start to shape their actions, and something like that outcome will end up emerging. That’s why it’s so important to put forth beautiful (and believable) visions of how the world can be. Conversely, that’s why fear-mongering, cynicism, and hopelessness are so dangerously toxic. The future is a self-fulfilling prophecy. At the moment, the negative visions seem to be winning. They are well-funded and profitable, and you see them every time you open a newspaper, turn on cable news, or visit certain websites. They greet you with sensationalism and proclamations by pundits on the right and the left about how awful people are, how bleak the future is, and how scared we all should be. This is bad medicine — it keeps people weak, afraid, and addicted. These messages are p

The Farmer & Farmer Review . Modern Medicine . A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy What ends up happening in the world — on a very large scale — has a lot to do with what people believe will happen. Because of network effects, if enough people start to believe in a particular outcome, their subconscious will start to shape their actions, and something like that outcome will end up emerging. That’s why it’s so important to put forth beautiful (and believable) visions of how the world can be. Conversely, that’s why fear-mongering, cynicism, and hopelessness are so dangerously toxic. The future is a self-

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