In phase one we contacted 35 of the top academics within New Zealand universities in order to set out a case for social reformation for the good of humanity, and to give the academic community an opportunity to critique this analysis/proposal and offer alternative solutions for empowering humans to cultivate mental health. As we received no response from the academic community in phase one we moved to phase two (see phase two letter to New Zealand academics below).
In phase two we offered these top academics of New Zealand 30 days to provide objections to our proposal for social reform for the betterment of the mental health of New Zealanders, letting them know that no response constituted a tacit agreement with both our assessment of the mental health crisis and our proposed social reform. The 30 day period ended on the 30th December 2025, and no response was received from any of the 35 academics contacted.
It is clear that the academic community of New Zealand do not have a better perspective of mental health than that which is offered by Humanity Unlocked, nor do they have a better plan of action to address our mental health crisis than that offered by Humanity Unlocked. So we shall move to phase three of this project…
Phase Three (coming soon)
Phase Two letter to the academics of New Zealand…
Subject: URGENT: 30-Day Follow-Up & Call for Objections to a Proposal for Human Survival and Flourishing
To the Esteemed Academics of New Zealand,
Approximately two months ago, I sent you an open letter titled “A Call to Action: Addressing the Root Cause of Our Global Crisis Through the Cultivation of Mental Health.” This letter outlined a diagnosis of our civilizational malaise as a catastrophic deficit in mental health—defined as the capacity to make good decisions in line with reality—and proposed three foundational societal reforms to address it.
To date, I have received zero formal replies.
I must assume this silence is not born of apathy, but rather of the immense pressures you operate under within the modern academic institution—an environment increasingly structured by and held at the behest of corporate funding and influence. It is precisely this systemic pressure, which often sidelines the most profound questions of human destiny in favour of profit for a few, that my proposal seeks to address.
Therefore, I write to you again with a greater sense of urgency and with a more direct appeal, not to you as institutional “persons,” but to you as human beings.
The analysis stands: our crises are symptoms of a system that systematically undermines self-governance, the very core of human mental health. The three proposed reforms—in Education, Correctional Systems, and Legal recognition—are not merely policy suggestions. They are a necessary pathway to pull our species out of a delusional framework and back towards a reality-based existence.
The Choice Before You
We have again reached a point in history where neutrality is complicity. Every individual, and especially those in positions of intellectual authority, is faced with a fundamental choice:
- Option A: Work in the interests of humanity and life. This means using one’s knowledge and position to champion systems that cultivate sovereign, self-governing individuals, even when it challenges the status quo.
- Option B: By default, through inaction, work in the interests of a corporate-state system that enables parasitic minded humans to profit from the subjugation and psychological manipulation of human beings. This system, which treats humans as legal fictions and consumers rather than living, sovereign entities, is a system of death—death of spirit, of autonomy, and ultimately, of our collective future.
This is not hyperbole. It is the logical conclusion of an analysis that sees our mental, social, and environmental decay as interconnected symptoms of a single, broken operating system.
A Final Opportunity for Engagement and a Necessary Next Step
The gravity of our situation demands decisive action. I recognise the difficult position many of you are in, caught between the reality of this analysis and the demands of survival within the current system.
However, the time for silent contemplation is over.
My reason for contacting you was not, in and of itself, for academic recognition of this perspective linking our current problems with mental illness to a social system that is abhorrent for humans. No, my reason for contacting you was as stepping stone for social change in line with reality and what is objectively good for humanity. It has become clear that the so called ‘leaders’ of this modern world are unable to functionally help humanity due to their existence (and dependence) within the very system that must be remedied for the good of humanity, and so novel approaches must be made to combat the myopia and delusion that has gripped the way we make decisions (both personally and socially).
I will be presenting this social/health analysis and the three proposed changes to all political parties and media and wanted to first give the academic community a chance to raise any rational objections and propose a better path to empower humans for mental health.
If you have any valid, reasoned objections to the presented analysis or the three proposed reforms (Education, Correctional, and Legal Reform), I request that you present them to me within the next 30 days (before the 30th December 2025).
Your objections must be substantive, engaging with the philosophical and structural arguments laid out in the original letter and on my website.
After this 30-day period, this social analysis and proposal will be formally presented to all major political parties in New Zealand. The submission will include a list of the heads of department and senior lecturers from our top universities who were contacted, with a note that no substantive objections, or alternative courses of action, were raised by your institutions within the allotted timeframe.
The urgency of the crisis facing humanity no longer permits the luxury of indefinite academic deliberation. If the academic community, by its silence, implicitly accepts the validity of this diagnosis and prescription, then it is our duty to present it to the political sphere for implementation.
The original letter, the “Handbook for Mental Health,” and a more detailed elaboration of these ideas remain available at Humanityunlocked.com.
The choice is now yours. Will you use your voice as human beings to either refine this critical work or, through your silence, allow it to proceed to the next stage unchallenged by the very minds best equipped to critique it?
I await your reasoned objections.
Respectfully,