Is Western way of life antithetical to human nature?

Creatures living in their natural environment tend to procreate at a high rate resulting in a rise in their population. When deer, lions, wolves, zebras, species of fish and plants and other living creatures are in their natural habitat, their population rises. 

Thus, we can define natural habitat for a particular species as an environmental ecosystem which enables faster procreation and, thereby, rise in the population of the species. What does this definition of natural habitat tell us about humans and their societies? 

It tells us that the Western way of life is antithetical to human nature— it leads to decline in birth rate and paves way for the decimation of the original population. In every nation founded on the Western model the death rate is higher than the birth rate. 

Even the Asian countries which made the mistake of adopting the Western model, and diluting their original culture, are facing steep decline in their birth rate. In Japan, the birth rate has dropped to 1.26 births per woman, which is far below the death rate. 

All nations with high birth rates are non-Western. In fact, the degree of decline in population in nations is directly proportional to their level of Westernization. More Westernized a nation is, the sharper the decline in birth rate that it faces.

Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in Pursuit of Health by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, Dr. Steven Woloshin, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz

Human beings are incapable of developing anything that will always be perfect, moral and useful. Every system, technology, process, product and movement that we developed in the past has, at some point of time, become inefficient, evil and corrupt. 

A hammer is a useful tool; it allows us to take care of a number of tasks. But it can also be used as a weapon to injure or kill.  

The analogy of a hammer applies to everything that humans have created throughout the history of civilization. Everything that we take for granted is necessary for leading a healthy, happy and fulfilling life has the potential to be used to plunder, enslave, loot, brainwash and destroy. 

In their book Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in Pursuit of Health, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, Dr. Steven Woloshin and Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz argue that while in some areas new medical technology and diagnostic methods are useful, there are several instances of overdiagnosis and overtreatment causing irreversible harm. 

The book argues that with the diagnostic threshold being moved lower and lower, there has been a phenomenal rise in the number of people being classified as sick. Millions of people who do not have any symptoms of disease and face little health risk are being classified as sick and are being put on treatments which can cause more harm than good.

With the low threshold for diseases, being mandated by the medical establishment, almost every human being on this planet can be diagnosed as sick and coerced to take regular treatments. Modern medical technology has the capacity to detect diseases in almost everyone, even though most people show no symptoms and face minor health risks.

The authors identify several instances where the treatment proved to be worse than the disease. They advise that people who are not having any symptoms, should avoid having full body scans. 

They write: “Patients could help by being a little less enthusiastic about scanning in general. In particular, they should avoid whole-body scans, which can open a Pandora’s box of incidentalomas. They could also be a little more hesitant about other scans and, when given the choice, choose the most anatomically focused exam to avoid stumbling onto things outside of the area of interest.”