Today we are faced with individuals who behave like automatons, who do not know or understand themselves, and the only person they know is the person they think they are, someone whose empty talk has replaced real communication, someone in whom the synthetic smile has taken over. genuine laughter and the feeling of total despair filled the void left by authentic pain. Two things can be said of such individuals. The first is that they suffer from seemingly incurable defects, such as a lack of spontaneity and personality. At the same time, we can say that they are no different from millions of people who, like us, walk the face of the Earth. - Words from Erich Fromm.