Overpromising, Underdelivering

Why is it that we are so easily lured by the world’s overpromising? Usually, it’s because life is hard, and we are constantly looking for an escape from the pain and suffering anywhere we can find it. Like drug addicts looking for the next hit, we have become gluttons for escape! But the problem is that the very things offering us freedom usually end up enslaving us. Like a hamster on a wheel - instead of escaping our problems, we remain stuck in the same place, frustrated and exhausted that nothing ever changes. How do we get stuck in these cycles? What’s at stake when we do? And how do we safeguard against getting duped?