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What Does It Mean to Be Self-Actualized in the 21st Century?

By Scott Barry Kaufman — 2018

Many people are familiar with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, in which he argued that basic needs such as safety, belonging, and self-esteem must be satisfied (to a reasonable healthy degree) before being able to fully realize one's unique creative and humanitarian potential. What many people may not realize is that a strict hierarchy was not really the focus of his work.

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Deep Play

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