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Inside your brain there's a monkey brain. It is very certain about what it wants: tasty food, sexy partners, leisure time to sit in a tree and do absolutely not
by zeteo 14y ago
Inside your brain there's a monkey brain. It is very certain about what it wants: tasty food, sexy partners, leisure time to sit in a tree and do absolutely nothing. You can use your amazing powers of reasoning and problem solving to give the monkey all it wants. Or you could question its wisdom, give it the occasional snub, and work on things that will still be important in a hundred years instead.
- jlas 14y agoYour comment and this article remind me of Maslow's hierarchy of needs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslows_hierarchy_of_needs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslows_hierarchy_of_needs). Maslow conceptualized human beings' needs into a hierarchical system. Where things like food and sex are lower level (and more necessary) than things like friendships and family. Viktor Frankl chose to remain with his family rather than pursue his career in America. In Maslow's hierarchy, Frankl was rational in pursuing familial ties over his own "self-actualization".