OP-ED #9 · Liviu Tudor, President and Founder of Genesis Property

A radical take on the source of modern anxiety and how the Age of Becoming offers a structural—not superficial—solution

Performance depression is the silent illness of modern society.

It is not caused by workload, nor by technology, nor by a lack of free time.

It is caused by a cultural prescription for success that almost no one can achieve.

Today, success is defined by:

• money,
• promotions,
• climbing the career ladder,
• fame,
• visibility,
• status.

Society doesn’t just celebrate these ideals.

It imposes them.

And in doing so, it has created a devastating psychological mechanism:

people try to become who others admire, not who they truly are.

This is how performance anxiety arises.

The Age of Becoming offers, for the first time, a structural antidote.

1. The Modern Formula for Success – The Equation That Fuels Collective Anxiety

Today’s society operates according to an implicit formula:

Success = money + status + upward mobility.

This formula:

• is artificial,
• is historically recent,
• is not based on human nature,
• does not reflect the diversity of talents,
• and cannot be achieved by most people.

So, it’s no wonder it causes anxiety.

When society defines success in only one way,

people who don’t fit this definition begin to feel:

• guilt,
• inferiority,
• shame,
• dissatisfaction,
• the feeling that “I’m not enough.”

None of this stems from a person’s inner reality.

It stems from external pressure.

2. People don’t become depressed because they are incapable, but because they don’t measure up to society’s artificial standards

Most people:

• aren’t cut out for competition,
• aren’t motivated by money,
• don’t want to be the center of attention,
• have no appetite for hierarchy,
• don’t crave power,
• aren’t built for constant pressure.

Yet society pushes them to pursue exactly these things.

When people don’t achieve what doesn’t suit them anyway, they don’t feel liberated.

They feel defective.

This is how performance-related depression arises.

Not because people can’t perform.

But because they’re performing in the wrong direction—toward failure.

3. Psychotherapy treats the symptoms. The Age of Becoming treats the root cause.

Psychotherapy is essential for the individual.

But, at the societal level, it treats the symptoms, not the structural mechanisms that produce them.

Psychotherapy says:

• Let’s change our thoughts.
• Let’s manage anxiety.
• Let’s rethink our expectations.
• Let’s heal our inner dramas.

But it cannot change the context that creates pressure.

The Age of Becoming changes the context.

When people are no longer forced to pursue artificial ideals,

when they can live in harmony with their own rhythm and nature,

they begin to heal not on an individual level, but collectively.

4. Discovering one’s talent is the structural antidote to modern anxiety

Anxiety arises when there is a large gap between:

• who I am
• and
• who I am trying to be.

This gap is called the ego.

The ego is the mechanism through which an individual constructs themselves to gain social validation.

It is not a problem in and of itself.

It is an adaptation to pressure.

But it comes at a huge cost:

• it consumes energy,
• it creates tension,
• it fosters constant comparison,
• it distorts identity,
• and it leads to emotional exhaustion.

The Age of Becoming proposes a different approach:

identity is no longer built from the outside, but discovered from within.

When people discover their talent:

• they no longer compete with others,
• they no longer compare themselves,
• they no longer feel the pressure to prove themselves,
• they no longer feel the need to become “someone else.”

Discovering one’s talent bridges the gap between the self and the ego.

This is healing.

5. The disappearance of the ego will radically change the world

The ego is the fuel of social competition and the source of status anxiety.

When the ego disappears:

• there is no longer constant comparison,
• there is no longer the pressure to prove oneself,
• there is no longer the fear of being judged,
• there is no longer the desire to be “someone.”

People no longer feel the need to be appreciated for their image.

They are appreciated for their essence.

The Age of Becoming closes the era of social performance and opens the era of personal authenticity. Naturally, alienation disappears.

6. AGI + Becomator creates the conditions for collective healing

AGI frees people from:

• working just to survive,
• competing for resources,
• the obligation to prove their efficiency,
• the pressure to conform to fixed roles.
• The Becomator offers:
• the space where people discover their talent,
• the community where talent is encouraged,

• the daily practice through which they become better and better,
• the context where work becomes expression, not obligation.

Together, AGI + The Becomator transform work from:

• “What must I do to be accepted?”
• into
• “What can I create to express myself?”

This is the first framework in history that allows people to live in harmony with their inner nature.

7. Conclusion: The cure for performance anxiety is not an individual one, but a societal one

Modern society causes depression not because people are weak,

but because its standards are inhumane.

Healing is possible only through a paradigm shift:

• from performance → to becoming,
• from competition → to expression,
• from ego → to self,
• from external pressure → to internal coherence,
• from imposed roles → to cultivated talents.

The Age of Becoming does not merely change the way we work.

It changes the way we understand ourselves.

It is the transition from “I want to be who others appreciate”

to

“I want to become who I truly am.”

This is not just a cultural shift.

It is the healing of an entire civilization.

Note: This article was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools, which were used to structure and refine the content. The ideas and editorial responsibility belong to the author.