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Figure 1. Maslow's Hierarchy of needs

Everyone is driven to do stuff by a need, however, some needs come before others. Maslow, an American psychologist from the early 1900s, suggested that there is a defined hierarchy (see Figure 1), where the most important needs at the bottom have to be fulfilled before a person moves to the next, stage above. For instance, if you are hungry you buy some food, if you are cold you need to get warm. Once these basic needs (in purple - Figure 1) are met, then people can move up towards psychological needs such as building relationships and esteem.

Maslow's Hierarchy and Earth Population

In essence, Maslow's hierarchy of needs emphasizes that basic human requirements must be fulfilled before addressing broader issues. With approximately 9.2% of the global population, equivalent to 719 million people, living in extreme poverty without access to essentials such as food, clean water, sanitation, health, shelter, and education, it seems impractical to expect a unified response to humanity's wider common problem the ecological crisis.

So the earth is doomed? It seems that humanity is reluctant to give up its old ways and many have been looking for a technoutopian solution come to save us. However, Jevons Paradox and Greenwashing seem to be stopping this from being effective on a mass scale.

It seems our best bet, is to change what we can control. Do this locally and then propagate this collectively across the world we can make a difference. However, to start doing this we need to be able to change people's minds, unlearn bad habits and learn new ones. The most effective means at our disposal to do this is is to induce pivotal mental states to help people unlearn bad habits and then refocus on new transparent systems that will eliminate green washing and limit corruption and hopefully get us out of this mess.

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-'''Everyone is driven to do stuff by a need, however, some needs come before others.''' Maslow, an American psychologist from the early 1900s, suggested that there is a defined hierarchy (see '''Figure 1'''), where simpler needs at the bottom have to be fulfilled before a person moves to the next, stage above. For instance, if you are hungry you buy some food, if you are thirsty you buy water. Once these '''''basic needs''''' (''in purple - '''Figure 1''''') are met, then you can move up towards psychological needs such as building relationships and esteem.
+'''Everyone is driven to do stuff by a need, however, some needs come before others.''' Maslow, an American psychologist from the early 1900s, suggested that there is a defined hierarchy (see '''Figure 1'''), where the most important needs at the bottom have to be fulfilled before a person moves to the next, stage above. For instance, if you are hungry you buy some food, if you are cold you need to get warm. Once these '''''basic needs''''' (''in purple - '''Figure 1''''') are met, then people can move up towards psychological needs such as building relationships and esteem.
-=== Maslow's Hierarchy and Environmentalism ===
+=== Maslow's Hierarchy and Earth Population ===
-Regarding the [[ecological crisis]], while [[Relativity of ethics|moral relativism]]  might suggest it should be a top priority for everyone, Maslow's hierarchy of needs emphasizes that basic human requirements must be fulfilled before addressing broader issues. With approximately 9.2% of the global population, equivalent to 719 million people, living in extreme poverty without access to essentials such as food, clean water, sanitation, health, shelter, and education, it seems impractical to expect a unified response to environmental challenges until a billion people attain access to clean drinking water.
+In essence, Maslow's hierarchy of needs emphasizes that basic human requirements must be fulfilled before addressing broader issues. With approximately 9.2% of the global population, equivalent to 719 million people, living in extreme poverty without access to essentials such as food, clean water, sanitation, health, shelter, and education, it seems impractical to expect a unified response to humanity's wider common problem the [[ecological crisis]].
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-''So the earth is doomed?'' No there is definitely room for hope, and there are some great potential solutions on the horizon such as Universal Basic Income, which is where a central body provides the lower rungs of human need <ref>'''What we know about Universal Basic Income: A cross- synthesis of reviews''' - Stanford University. Basic Income Lab, by Rebecca Hasdell, published JULY 2020, accessed on 9 July 2023 via: https://basicincome.stanford.edu/uploads/Umbrella%20Review%20BI_final.pdf</ref> and has been shown to allow people to not behave in environmentally destructive work patterns and concentrate on other things. However, focusing on the future instead of now slips into [[Ecomodernism|technoutopianism,]] and possible solutions whilst theoretically sound will not meet the immediate need for action.
+''So the earth is doomed?'' It seems that humanity is reluctant to give up its old ways and many have been looking for a [[Ecomodernism|technoutopian]] solution come to save us. However, [[Jevons Paradox]] and [[Greenwashing]] seem to be stopping this from being effective on a mass scale.
-Our best bet, is to change what we can control. If this is done within our locality and then propagated collectively across the world [[we]] can make a difference. However to start doing this we need to be able to change people's minds, unlearn bad habits and learn new ones. The most effective means at our disposal to do this is to first understand the issue. What you will find is that it is convoluted, there are first a wide range of logical fallacies, cognitive biases and popular delusions that persist among us. Once understood and identified we need to help induce [[Pivotal Mental States|pivotal mental states]] to help people unlearn bad habits and then refocus on new [[Transparency|transparent]] systems that will get us out of this mess.
+It seems our best bet, is to change what we can control. Do this locally and then propagate this collectively across the world [[we]] can make a difference. However, to start doing this we need to be able to change people's minds, unlearn bad habits and learn new ones. The most effective means at our disposal to do this is is to induce [[Pivotal Mental States|pivotal mental states]] to help people unlearn bad habits and then refocus on new [[Transparency|transparent]] systems that will eliminate green washing and limit corruption and hopefully get us out of this mess.
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