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This reminds me of Maslow's pyramid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs If

by jmt_ 6y ago

This reminds me of Maslow's pyramid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs If a child is struggling at the basic needs level of this pyramid then hitting the self fulfillment bit at the top is excruciatingly difficult

TT3351 6y ago
Of course I can't find it now no matter how hard I look, but there was an excellent blog post on here many months ago explaining how the pyramid of needs has become somewhat of a lazy shortcut people like to see on PowerPoint slides, which doesn't actually communicate useful information. It made its way into the wider discourse via educators, who were actually using the model incorrectly in the first place according to a few quotes from Maslow himself in the blog. It's a shame I couldn't find the article. Basically, it's an abstraction of needs that is just too good/simple to be true.