The Missing Key to Universal Prosperity
In a revealing address to the Neothink Society, Mark Hamilton identifies the single greatest obstacle to human prosperity: the following mode, a bicameral-like residual mentality passed down through mimicked reactions for thousands of years. Going deeper than laziness or dishonesty, Hamilton reveals this conditioned response as a mind virus absorbed before we are even conscious. The antidote: the self-leader mentality, the Neothink mentality, which Hamilton calls the second evolutionary leap of the human mind.
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What Is the Missing Key to Universal Prosperity?
The missing key is the self-leader mentality, the Neothink mentality that breaks people free from the following mode. Hamilton identifies the following mode as the great scourge of mankind: a bicameral-like residual passed down through mimicked reactions since birth, conditioning every human being to accept external authorities rather than think independently. It goes deeper than laziness or dishonesty, it is a conditioned response absorbed before we even have the capacity to choose. The antidote is the self-leader mentality, which Hamilton calls the second evolutionary leap of the human mind. Just as the first leap took humanity from the bicameral mind into consciousness, the second leap takes us from the following mode into the fully integrating self-leader mode. Without this key, 8 billion people remain trapped, underperforming individually and collectively, and the world Hamilton describes in Super Puzzle remains out of reach.
- ✓The following mode is the single greatest obstacle holding mankind back from universal prosperity
- ✓It goes deeper than laziness or dishonesty, it is a conditioned response absorbed through mimicked reactions before consciousness develops
- ✓Every human being is born into the following mode, passed down generation after generation for 2,000–3,000 years
- ✓The antidote is the self-leader mentality, the Neothink mentality, the second evolutionary leap of the human mind
- ✓Those who escape the following mode go in two directions: the dishonest path (ruling class, value destroyers) or the honest path (value creators, the heroes)
- ✓The Neothink tools work at the root level, not surface-level motivation, but liberation from the bicameral-like residual itself
The Mother Kitty and the Following Mode
Hamilton opens with a story. At the Neothink Society offices, a stray cat they called the Mother Kitty was constantly pregnant, raising litters of kittens. Hamilton fed them, eventually captured two kittens, had the mother fixed, and his sister took them in. But even in a safe home, the kittens never came out from under the bed. Company arrived, they hid. Their owner could barely pet them. They lived their entire lives in a defensive mode, never overcoming what they had absorbed in the wild.
Hamilton uses this as a metaphor for the human condition. Most people, he argues, live their whole lives hiding under the bed, not literally, but in terms of their unrealized potential. The following mode mentality, absorbed through mimicked reactions in our earliest years, keeps people locked in a defensive posture, accepting what external authorities tell them, never questioning the narratives that shape their lives.
“Most people never realize they’re in the following mode. That is holding them back, holding the entire human race back.”
The Mind Virus: Deeper Than Laziness or Dishonesty
Hamilton makes a critical further identification. In Neothink literature, laziness and dishonesty have been understood as the causes of mysticism within us. But the following mode goes deeper, it is a conditioned response that happens before we even have the choice to be honest or lazy, before we can exert effort or be dishonest. It happens when we are infants and toddlers, even before and during the development of consciousness.
Like the kittens absorbing defensive reactions from the wild, human beings absorb the following mode through mimicked reactions, first from parents (who absorbed it from their parents), then from the wider world. Hamilton calls this a mind virus: the bicameral-like residual following mode mentality, passed down generation after generation for two to three thousand years.
The evidence is everywhere. People easily accept what traditional authorities tell them: Google searches, TV news, big tech narratives, CDC recommendations, Big Pharma, professors teaching revisionist history, pastors operating as external authorities, crowd think and prevailing ideas. Hamilton watches good, innocent people, his children’s friends’ parents, people he meets, simply allow external authorities to tell them what to think.
The bicameral-like following mode mentality is not a choice, it is a conditioned response absorbed through mimicked reactions before consciousness fully develops. Every human being on the planet is born into it. It has been passed down, generation after generation, for two to three thousand years. It goes deeper than laziness or dishonesty, it precedes the capacity to choose.
The Great Scourge and the Great Fraud
Hamilton identifies two dynamics caused by the following mode. First, it keeps individuals way underperforming in their livelihoods, suppressed, like slaves to the system, their human potential dwarfed in their short lives. Second, it keeps civilization way underperforming in its standard of living, like a slave to the parasitical political class.
The great fraud on mankind, Hamilton argues, has been perpetrated since the beginning of consciousness. Smart, educated elites realized they could control those stuck in the following mode for easy power and wealth. They took the lazy, dishonest path, what Neo-Tech identifies as unearned power. Instead of exerting effort, building integrations, and creating value, they took advantage of the masses’ following mode mentality, using initiatory force to control civilization to their liking.
The following mode and the ruling class are symbiotic. The masses follow; the elite exploit that following. And it gets worse over time. Hamilton points to the current moment: the world on the cusp of major conflicts, countries losing freedom to socialism, turmoil spreading globally, all consequences of this ancient dynamic playing out in the modern world.
Since the beginning of consciousness, the educated elite realized they could control those stuck in the following mode for easy power and wealth. The following mode and the ruling class are symbiotic: the masses follow, the elite exploit. This is what Neo-Tech calls unearned power, the lazy, dishonest path to dominance.
The Second Evolutionary Leap of the Human Mind
Hamilton defines the antidote: the self-leader mentality, the Neothink mentality. And he makes a sweeping claim: this is not merely a self-improvement technique. It is the next evolution of the human mind.
The first evolutionary leap, roughly 2,000 years ago, was the transition from the bicameral mind into consciousness. In the bicameral mind, an audio hallucination from the right brain commanded the left brain, the voice of the gods, and there was no way to disobey. The development of the metaphor in language gave humans an inner mind space for the first time, allowing them to step back, view the world subjectively, and begin to judge, good and bad, right and wrong. Eventually, the man became a decision maker, one with God.
| First Leap | Second Leap | |
| From | Bicameral mind | Following mode (conscious mind) |
| To | Conscious mind | Self-leader mentality (Neothink) |
| Key Tool | The metaphor (linguistic tool) | Neothink tools (integrating tools) |
| Historical Parallel | Jesus lifting bicameral peasants | Neothink lifting following-mode citizens |
| Enemy | Conscious elites exploiting bicameral peasants | Ruling class exploiting following-mode citizens |
Hamilton draws a direct structural parallel to the historical Jesus. Jesus’s ministry was to travel the countryside lifting bicameral peasants into consciousness, motivated by the innocent peasants being exploited by the conscious power class above them. Today, the Neothink movement has the same two forces at work: helping good ordinary people rise from the following mode into the self-leader mentality, and combating the educated elite who exploit the following mode for power and wealth.
The Two Paths: Value Creators and Value Destroyers
Hamilton arrives at what he calls point number ten, the most important identification. Those rare individuals who do escape the following mode go in two fundamentally different directions:
Hamilton is clear about what this delineation represents: good versus evil. Not as a religious abstraction but as a concrete, identifiable division. The dishonest path exploits the following mode; the honest path liberates people from it. The ruling class benefits from keeping people in the following mode; value creators benefit from helping people break free.
Those who escape the following mode choose one of two paths: exploit the followers or liberate them. Value destroyers or value creators. That separation, honesty versus dishonesty, is literally good versus evil.
What Does This Mean for You?
Hamilton’s identification reframes the entire human condition. The reason people sense that there must be something more to life, that nagging feeling as years pass, is because there is something more. The following mode has dwarfed human potential for millennia. Most people live and die without ever realizing what held them back.
The Neothink tools work at the root level. Hamilton distinguishes them from surface-level success advice: many programs talk about clearing energy blocks or finding your passion. Neothink gets underneath the problem, addressing the bicameral-like residual itself. The Self-Leader Secret and the Neothink Business System are not mere business techniques. They are liberation tools designed to lift people from the following mentality into the integrating mentality.
Hamilton acknowledges this is an ongoing, lifelong effort, breaking free from the following mode is not a one-time event but a constant practice. The mind virus was absorbed before consciousness; clearing it requires sustained, honest effort. But the tools exist. The path is mapped. And Hamilton’s message is direct: the following mode needs to become humanity’s past, something future generations look back on and ask: “How did we live like that?”
The following mode is the great scourge of mankind. The self-leader mentality is the cure. The Neothink tools are the delivery mechanism. This is the missing key to universal prosperity.
Frequently asked questions
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What is the following mode?
The following mode is a bicameral-like residual mentality passed down through mimicked reactions from generation to generation for two to three thousand years. It is a conditioned response absorbed before consciousness fully develops, causing people to automatically accept and follow external authorities rather than think independently. Hamilton identifies it as the single greatest obstacle to human prosperity.
How does the following mode differ from laziness or dishonesty?
The following mode goes deeper than laziness or dishonesty. It is a conditioned response that occurs even before an individual has the capacity to choose to be honest or lazy. It is absorbed through mimicked reactions in infancy and toddlerhood, much like kittens born in the wild absorb defensive behavior before they can make conscious choices. Laziness and dishonesty are downstream effects of the following mode.
What is the self-leader mentality?
The self-leader mentality is the Neothink mentality, the antidote to the following mode. Hamilton calls it the second evolutionary leap of the human mind: from the bicameral-plagued conscious mind into the fully integrating self-leader mode. It involves questioning narratives, building logic with your own mind, and drawing your own conclusions rather than following information handed down by authorities.
What are the two paths for those who escape the following mode?
Those who escape the following mode go in one of two directions. Path A is the dishonest and lazy path: exploiting the following mode in others for power and wealth, becoming the ruling and influencing class, the value destroyers. Path B is the honest and effort path: bringing material values to everyone through genuine integrations, the value creators, the heroes.
How does the first evolutionary leap parallel the second?
The first leap took humanity from the bicameral mind into consciousness roughly 2,000 years ago. The historical Jesus traveled the countryside lifting bicameral peasants while combating the educated elites exploiting them. Today, the second leap takes people from the following mode into the self-leader mentality. Neothink provides the tools to lift following-mode citizens while combating the ruling class that exploits them.
What is the great fraud on mankind?
Since the beginning of consciousness, educated elites realized they could control those stuck in the following mode for easy power and wealth. Instead of creating value through effort and integrations, they took advantage of the masses’ following mode mentality. Hamilton calls this symbiotic relationship between the following mode and the ruling class the great fraud on mankind.