2min chapter

The Psychology Podcast cover image

Scott Barry Kaufman || Transcend

The Psychology Podcast

CHAPTER

The Sailboat Metaphor

I want to really show that humans can be greater than the sum of their parts. We're not just identified with our modules. So I think there's something we can use the evolutionary approach to understand the parts of us. But I'm ultimately interested in how the whole organism deals with those paradoxes of human existence and lives their own good life in their own way. How do they self-actualize in their own direction or is Maslow put it in their own style? And to me, that's what's really, really fascinating about humans,. Our ability to supersede or to become greaterthan the sum of the parts.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode