d) the human condition is too complex for anything this basic and unscientific — schopenhauer1
The main problem I have with it is that it is upside down. The primary needs are psychological; given sanity, peace of mind, and and awareness, matters social and physiological are either trivially solvable, or trivially unsolvable. — unenlightened
How is it not sequential when it is a hierarchy? It isn't Maslow's List of Needs, but rather Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. — Agustino
Anyone here want to fess up to being fully self-actualized? — Bitter Crank
I also wonder if this hierarchy is only applicable in a Westernized context or is cross-cultural. Would one say a Bushman can be self-actualized? Do traditional societies try to meet these needs in different ways or does this hierarchy not apply to non-Western societies? — schopenhauer1
I find it interesting that if Maslow is partially right that humans have roughly the same kinds of generalized needs, that the needs being met are not evenly distributed. Even if governments or economies can provide for a modicum of the two foundational needs, the upper three tiers on the pyramid (simply following the basic diagram model) can never really be guaranteed. But that is where people can go many ways with it: — schopenhauer1
Anyone here want to fess up to being fully self-actualized? — Bitter Crank
Anyone here want to fess up to being fully self-actualized? — Bitter Crank
Anyone here want to fess up to being fully self-actualized? — Bitter Crank
"Maslow described human needs as ordered in a prepotent hierarchy—a pressing need would need to be mostly satisfied before someone would give their attention to the next highest need." — Bitter Crank
Has humanity achieved self-actualization? If it has and if it will the next stage is transcendence (the tip of the Maslow's pyramid). Are we to become gods? — Agent Smith
If a human became god, they would only strive to become mortal again — pfirefry
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