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[[File:Maslows Hierarchy of needs.jpg|alt=Maslow's Hierarchy of needs|thumb|Maslow's Hierarchy of needs]]
'''Everyone is driven to do stuff by a need, in the brain scientist think this is mediated by the neurotransmitter dopamine which acts as the bodies way to get you to consciously do something, much like managing a donkey with a carrot and a stick.'''


If you are hungry you buy some food, if you are thirsty you buy water. These basic needs can be catergorised into what is most powerful and therefore comes first, i.e. you wouldn't worry about your self esteem if you were starving. After the basics are covered you proceed up to another category of needs, Safety and so on. Maslow thought about this enough to create a human hierarchy of needs, the idea is that once a lower level is fulfilled a person moves to the next, stage above.
'''Everyone is driven to do stuff by a need, however, some needs come before others.''' Abraham 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 need to buy some food to eat, if you are cold you need to light a fire to to get warm. Once these '''''basic needs''''' (''in green - '''Figure 1''''') are met, then people can move up towards psychological needs such as building relationships and esteem.
=== Maslow's Hierarchy and Earth Population ===
[[File:Maslows Hierarchy 2.0.png|alt=Maslows Hierarchy 2.0|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.]]
In essence, Maslow's hierarchy of needs emphasises that basic human requirements must be fulfilled before addressing broader, more common 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]].  


In relation to the environment and mental health it seems that humans primary levels need to be met before they can address these issues. Universal Basic Income, the idea where a central body provides the lower rungs has been shown to decrease mental health issues<ref>Canada’s forgotten universal basic income experiment: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200624-canadas-forgotten-universal-basic-income-experiment</ref> and allow people to not behave in environmentally destructive work patterns and concentrate on other things.
''So is 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 or an [[anthrospermist]] one, to get the hell out of here. For those of us not in the 1% or cannot afford an interplanetary rocket, it seems our best bet, is to change what is in reach. We have tried to change the problem only to be defeated by [[greenwashing]] and [[Jevons Paradox|jevons paradox]] exposing them as symptoms of a much larger broken system. The only thing we have left, is to act locally, work on ourselves and then propagate this collectively across the world. By doing this [[we]] can effect change.  
 
However, to start doing this we need to be able to effectively change people's minds, to unlearn bad habits and learn new ones. The traditional way to do this is activism. To actively go out with signs and banners and petition police and politicians for change. It was once thought that only 3.5% of the populace was needed to become actively involved to make a change<ref>'''The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance'''. Erica Chenoweth Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School  Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study    TEDx 2013. (2021).  Retrieved from https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/success-nonviolent-civil-resistance/</ref>. However, with the failings of Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and countless other organisation this seems like a far away goal. But perhaps there is a new way... Recent scientific research has shown us that there is a very effective way to change peoples minds, by the inducement of [[Pivotal Mental States|pivotal mental states]]. It has been shown that this can help people unlearn [[logical fallacies]], [[Popular Delusions|popular delusions]], and [[cognitive biases]].
 
'''References'''

Latest revision as of 08:50, 29 January 2024

Everyone is driven to do stuff by a need, however, some needs come before others. Abraham 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 need to buy some food to eat, if you are cold you need to light a fire to to get warm. Once these basic needs (in green - Figure 1) are met, then people can move up towards psychological needs such as building relationships and esteem.

Maslow's Hierarchy and Earth Population

Maslows Hierarchy 2.0
Figure 1. Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.

In essence, Maslow's hierarchy of needs emphasises that basic human requirements must be fulfilled before addressing broader, more common 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 is 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 or an anthrospermist one, to get the hell out of here. For those of us not in the 1% or cannot afford an interplanetary rocket, it seems our best bet, is to change what is in reach. We have tried to change the problem only to be defeated by greenwashing and jevons paradox exposing them as symptoms of a much larger broken system. The only thing we have left, is to act locally, work on ourselves and then propagate this collectively across the world. By doing this we can effect change.

However, to start doing this we need to be able to effectively change people's minds, to unlearn bad habits and learn new ones. The traditional way to do this is activism. To actively go out with signs and banners and petition police and politicians for change. It was once thought that only 3.5% of the populace was needed to become actively involved to make a change[1]. However, with the failings of Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and countless other organisation this seems like a far away goal. But perhaps there is a new way... Recent scientific research has shown us that there is a very effective way to change peoples minds, by the inducement of pivotal mental states. It has been shown that this can help people unlearn logical fallacies, popular delusions, and cognitive biases.

References

  1. The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance. Erica Chenoweth Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School  Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study    TEDx 2013. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/success-nonviolent-civil-resistance/

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