Rob Henderson: Social Problems Need Social Solutions
From the New World
Are You Trying to Maximize Your Bottom Line?
A lot of people have this, you know, like what like some version of the rational actor model. Like I talk a lot about statuses and people are really trying to maximize their status. But burn says that actually the person has an unconscious life script such that they don't want to improve their life. They derive most of their enjoyment and satisfaction from showing off how bad their misfortunes are. And so they go around playing these games in order to validate it.
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