Maslow is dead
Guilty as the next person of shoving all kinds of superficial crap in my “self-actualization” shaped hole, I thought this article was great.
Guilty as the next person of shoving all kinds of superficial crap in my “self-actualization” shaped hole, I thought this article was great.
Srsly, that guy needs to just chillllll. I can totally see his kids sitting there buried in a pile of medical textbooks, looking wistfully at their peers laughing and playing “Operation”. Remember that game? Haha.
I think he got a little carried away. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a little Guitar Hero and Twitter here and there and I don’t think our materialist society is entirely caused by our economic system (causation probably goes both ways), but his overall point is good. Creative activity is generally more fulfilling than mindless entertainment, but mindless entertainment is easier, so watch yourself and try to stay creative.