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Silhouette thinking about wealth and lifestyle choices.

Exploration: What Do People Want From Life?

It seems like such a terribly basic question: what do people want from life? Yet scratch beneath the surface and you’ll find it underpins virtually everything; how we organise society, shape our political systems, structure our economies, and design everything from healthcare to those algorithms that keep us scrolling on our phones. Perhaps we rarely ...

How the humans are driven

Humans are driven by various things. Some will again be jumping on the net to Google everything, instead of thinking. Those who read pop-psychology will be about to lecture me on ‘needs’ which drive people i.e. things like primary (as per Freud) and secondary needs (as per Maslow). I have no argument that people need ...

How do people value other people?

In these COVID-19 times it has become more obvious how people value the company of other people. Socialisation is a very big issue. People will risk their lives to attend fast food outlets, DIYs, beaches etc – when the lockdown has not be properly lifted. This made me think deeper. For sure there is an ...