Steve McAlphabet Introduces ABC Squared Economics

“You do not need to know precisely what is happening,

or exactly where it is all going.

What you need is to recognize

the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment,

and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.”

– Thomas Merton

When I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (without the hyperactivity) at the age of 29, I decided to combine my collected knowledge in psychology and film production to make a documentary about the disorder that was affecting so many people. I interviewed a handful of local professionals that specialized in the field, and had a cameraman follow me around as I rambled on about what it was like to be disordered and how it had been evidenced in my life. When I asked the professionals about what the afflicted could do to help themselves lead a successful life, the most common answer was “structure”.

My therapist also gave me a book called ADD: A Different Perspective by Thom Hartman. He introduced what he called the “hunter in a farmer’s world” theory. The idea is that since humans were initially hunter-gatherers, some of us still identify with that lifestyle and find it challenging to fit into the farming ideologies that have set the standard through the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.

It seems that most of the world I live in operates under this agricultural/industrial…