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Optimism Is A Self-Amplifying Feedback Loop (feat. Jason Silva) Jason Silva is an optimist.
With a capital O. His optimism hits you full force the moment you meet him – the broad, beaming grin, the reassuring handshake . . . no, before that, in the form of multiple enthusiastic exclamation points in his every email. More specifically, he’s optimistic about the Future, with a capital F. The bionic arms, microchip-in-your-brain kind of Future. Video: Jason Silva on the self-reinforcing power of optimism What’s the Big Idea?
A devotee of the theories of Ray Kurzweil, Buckminster Fuller, and the tech evangelists who staff the Singularity Institute in California, Silva believes that humanity is evolving rapidly toward a state of utopian harmony with machines. The undercurrent that runs through all of these videos, and Silva's conversation, is an intense, driven faith in humankind’s power to triumph over uncertainty and death. The Role of Optimism The science supports him in this. What’s the Significance? Its main peril, perhaps, is ethical myopia. Maslow's Hierarchy. SELF-ACTUALIZATION - BRAINMETA.COM - NEUROSCIENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS, BRAIN, MIND, MIND-BRAIN, NEUROINFORMATICS, BRAIN MAPS, BRAIN ATLASES. Related: Psychedelics and Self-Actualization / Consciousness Expansion / Philosophy / Research Characteristics of Self-Actualizing People Maslow, on the basis of a study of persons (living and dead) selected as being self-actualizing persons on the basis of a general definition, described the self-actualizing person as follows, as compared to ordinary or average people (Maslow, 1956): 1.
More efficient perception of reality and more comfortable relations with it. This characteristic includes the detection of the phoney and dishonest person and the accurate perception of what exists rather than a distortion of perception by one's needs. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Processes of Self-Actualizing People According to Maslow, there are two processes necessary for self-actualization: self exploration and action. Episodic Nature of Self-Actualization Such states or episodes can, in theory, come at any time in life to any person. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Self-Actualization. Maslow Self Actualization - unlearn. "Self Actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately, of what the organism is.
" Abraham Maslow Maslow studied healthy people, most psychologists study sick people. The characteristics listed here are the results of 20 years of study of people who had the "full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities, etc.. " Self-actualization implies the attainment of the basic needs of physiological, safety/security, love/belongingness, and self-esteem. Maslow's Basic Principles: The normal personality is characterized by unity, integration, consistency, and coherence. Realistic Realistically oriented, SA persons have a more efficient perception of reality, they have comfortable relations with it. Acceptance Accept themselves, others and the natural world the way they are. Spontaneity, Simplicity, Naturalness Spontaneous in their inner life, thoughts and impulses, they are unhampered by convention.
Problem Centering Peak experiences Creativity.