A History of Fixing What Wasn’t Broken: The Great Human Obsession With Solutions
- Madhukar Dama
- 1 day ago
- 4 min read
INTRODUCTION: A WORLD BUILT ON MIRAGES
There are no real problems anymore.
Only the long, loud echo of solutions applied to illusions.
Humanity didn’t descend into madness.
It engineered its madness — one brilliant solution at a time.
This article explores every major dimension of human existence — where man created false problems, solved them with fanfare, and now suffers the consequences of the fix.
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1. CHILDHOOD — SOLVING THE “UNDISCIPLINED CHILD”
The child was wild, curious, noisy, playful.
We saw that as disorder.
So we gave:
Rules
Timetables
Classrooms
Report cards
Time-outs
Behavior charts
Now the child is anxious, robotic, and numb — but obedient.
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2. EDUCATION — SOLVING THE “IGNORANT MIND”
Curiosity was enough.
But we feared the chaos of questions.
So we gave:
Syllabi
Exams
Degrees
Coaching
Rankings
Now people know everything — except how to live.
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3. PARENTING — SOLVING THE “IMPERFECT CHILD”
Children came with quirks.
Parents were told to optimize them.
So we gave:
Parenting apps
Performance metrics
Extracurricular overdose
Behavior modification techniques
Now childhood is a performance, not an experience.
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4. GENDER — SOLVING “DIFFERENCE” AS A PROBLEM
Masculine and feminine were never enemies.
But we turned difference into hierarchy.
Then tried to fix the hierarchy with sameness.
Now everyone’s confused, fighting labels, identity, and biology itself.
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5. LOVE — SOLVING THE “IRRATIONAL HEART”
Love was once a mystery. A surrender.
Then we tried to make it logical.
So came:
Dating apps
Relationship contracts
Compatibility metrics
Love languages
Couples therapy
Now love is just a checklist with terms & conditions.
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6. MARRIAGE — SOLVING “LONELINESS”
Loneliness was sacred once.
It led to art, reflection, poetry.
We solved it with forced companionship.
Then created alimony, family courts, therapy bills.
Now no one is alone — yet no one feels seen.
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7. WORK — SOLVING THE “IDLE MAN”
Rest was natural.
But we called it laziness.
So we gave:
Jobs
Promotions
KPIs
Productivity hacks
Passion traps
Now humans are always busy, rarely fulfilled.
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8. SUCCESS — SOLVING “FEELING ORDINARY”
Being ordinary was never the problem.
It was the norm.
But we made it shameful.
So we sold:
Motivational seminars
Billionaire worship
Hustle culture
"10x" books
Now burnout is celebrated, rest is guilt, and self-worth is a LinkedIn update.
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9. BODY — SOLVING THE “UGLY HUMAN”
The body changed. It aged. It sagged.
But we said it was flawed.
So we created:
Diet culture
Gym cults
Botox
Plastic surgery
Filters
Now no one looks like anyone anymore — even themselves.
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10. HEALTH — SOLVING THE “UNSTABLE IMMUNITY”
The body knew pain. It used it wisely.
We muted it.
We injected it.
We nuked it.
Now we have managed symptoms… and unmanaged lives.
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11. FOOD — SOLVING “MONOTONY”
Simple food kept us alive.
Then came boredom.
So we gave:
100 cuisines
2000 snacks
5000 preservatives
Calorie obsession
Processed everything
Now food is pleasure and poison, often in the same bite.
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12. CLOTHING — SOLVING “NAKEDNESS”
Clothes were meant to cover.
Then they became status.
Now they're:
Expression
Competition
Distraction
Debt
We wear 50 layers of identity and still feel exposed.
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13. RELIGION — SOLVING “SPIRITUAL DOUBT”
Spiritual seeking was personal.
We industrialized it:
Holy wars
Conversion quotas
Mega-temples
Paid blessings
Now the divine is a brand, and god is outsourced.
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14. SPIRITUALITY — SOLVING “EMPTINESS”
Instead of feeling emptiness,
We tried to fix it.
With:
Crystals
Chakras
Reiki
Astral travel
Insta gurus
Now even the soul has an algorithm.
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15. ENTERTAINMENT — SOLVING “BOREDOM”
Boredom once led to creativity.
Now it leads to scrolling.
Endless content.
Endless noise.
Endless escape.
But we still say, "There’s nothing to watch."
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16. TRAVEL — SOLVING “RESTLESSNESS”
Travel was a pilgrimage.
Now it’s a checklist.
Instagram location tags.
Exotic food for content.
We leave home to escape ourselves.
And return more lost.
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17. CITY LIFE — SOLVING “ISOLATION”
We built cities for community.
Now people live door-to-door for years and die unknown.
Apartments stack like graves.
Parties feel lonely.
The solution became the problem’s echo.
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18. TECHNOLOGY — SOLVING “SLOWNESS”
Patience was a virtue.
We killed it.
Now we tap, swipe, rage, scroll.
Our fingers are fast.
Our minds are fractured.
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19. SOCIAL MEDIA — SOLVING “INVISIBILITY”
You weren’t meant to be seen by 5000 people.
Now you're visible to all — and known by none.
We solved loneliness by broadcasting emptiness.
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20. POLITICS — SOLVING “DISORDER”
Tribes argued. Villages debated. That was natural.
We gave:
Parties
Elections
Ideologies
Puppets
Now every solution is a new polarization.
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21. ECONOMY — SOLVING “SCARCITY”
We feared not having enough.
So we printed more.
We sold more.
We wasted more.
Now we have abundance.
But still feel poor.
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22. ENVIRONMENT — SOLVING “SURVIVAL”
Nature provided.
We engineered.
Then we fixed the damage we caused
with carbon credits and guilt-driven greenwashing.
We solved the earth by severing from it.
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23. AGING — SOLVING “MORTALITY”
Aging was wisdom.
We called it decay.
Then sold youth in bottles, surgeries, and hormone pills.
Now we grow old pretending we never did.
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24. DEATH — SOLVING “THE FINALITY”
Death was once accepted.
Now we hide it behind ICU curtains.
We delay it at all costs.
We fear it because we never lived.
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FINAL SECTION: THE LAST SOLUTION
The biggest problem we invented?
Being human.
And we’re solving it —
Piece by piece, part by part, until there’s nothing human left.
The solution has become the plague.
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DETAILED CONCISE SUMMARY QUOTE:
“In our obsession to fix what wasn’t broken — the child, the body, the silence, the slowness, the ordinary — we built a world of solutions that severed us from life itself. We are not suffering from problems, but from our brilliant fixes.”
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