tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post7041906935603269749..comments2024-03-18T19:38:47.408-04:00Comments on Blue Country Magic: Maslow's TriangleCountryDewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-6475694131089982112010-03-12T22:36:37.221-05:002010-03-12T22:36:37.221-05:00I think you're very intelligent, educated and ...I think you're very intelligent, educated and open-minded Anita. Am I going to get in trouble for saying that I wouldn't have guessed you are from here? Don't matter. I'm saying it. One of my new resolutions (since quitting smoking, having a very sick mother, and realizing how short and precious life is), is to be true and honest and open about me and my convictions. I'm trying to stop worrying about what everyone else thinks. I like what I think and if they don't like me, too bad. There.Greener Pastures--A City Girl Goes Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448845964131250749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-80795240898224678222010-03-11T10:42:13.777-05:002010-03-11T10:42:13.777-05:00so fascinating and ultimately true..thanks for the...so fascinating and ultimately true..thanks for the good reading above sandyi beatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898046178398533410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-87857320068526490812010-03-11T04:09:58.747-05:002010-03-11T04:09:58.747-05:00While Maslow's triangle seems to me to be over...While Maslow's triangle seems to me to be overly deterministic, it reminds me of a much more recent book, The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. The book's subtitle nicely sums up its argument: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better. The authors have a great deal of evidence comparing "Anglo Saxon" (competitively individualistic and focused on materialism and wealth accumulation) type societies with more socially democratic European ones to support their case. There's a review that gives a flavour of the book here:<br />http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/03/spirit-level-wilkinson-pickett<br />but it seems to me that they are proposing knocking out the base of the triangle. If everyone is guaranteed as a human right (and Rooseveldt wanted to introduce a second bill of rights to guarantee this for all US citizens) survival and security and safety, then in such a supportive society a sense of belonging comes as a matter of course, and esteem and self-actualisation are possible for all who are capable of them.Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242731014996459484noreply@blogger.com