psychology
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The Physics of The Con
What people want is someone to blame… what they need is someone to guide them. The word “Con”, in the title Con Artist, stands for Confidence. How the physics of a Con works is that the Con Artist artificially builds… Continue reading
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Balancing The Group Mind
According to this Freudian model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role; and the ego is the organized, realistic part that mediates between the desires of the… Continue reading
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What Drives People
Generally speaking,.. there are three types of people; Lifestyle Driven, Reward Driven, and Goal Driven. ~ Lifestyle Driven people simply want to live a certain way, and they will go to great lengths to achieve and maintain that lifestyle. (The… Continue reading
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The Destructive Cycle of Creation
Wealth creates immaturity.Economic success enables a civilization to become irresponsible. People don’t see it… that is the nature of wealth. The environment is harsh, unforgiving, and without master – it requires us to find a balance with and within it.… Continue reading
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A View From A Snow-Globe
There were strict social norms in the fifties, a hectic decade of transition, and then a period of social freedom lasting from the seventies through the oughties. Now we are traveling back, already in another chaotic transitional decade, which will… Continue reading
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Molding Minds
Perhaps, just perhaps, the more adults try to mold the minds of children, the more off the rails they can go. Everything is connected. Possibly, just possibly, the more “perfect” the obedient kids get, the more destructive the disobedient ones… Continue reading
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