The One Word That Explains Progress
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I'm Caleb Bissinger and I'm Rufus Griskam. And this is the next big idea. Today, the one word that explains all human progress. Martin Seligman is a legend. Full stop He founded the Positive Psychology Movement, which basically said, hey psychologists, let's stop focusing only on depression, anxiety, dysfunction, and let's try to understand happiness and resilience and flourishing.
So without Martin Seligman, there would be no Angela Duckworth, no Jonathan Haidt, no Lori Santos. Last month at the age of eighty four. The longtime pen professor published what maybe His most ambitious book yet. It's called agency, and the thesis is pretty simple.
The belief that we can achieve our goals, Marty says, is the engine of human progress. When people have agency, civilization leaps forward. When they don't. Society's Founder. But what makes this book truly remarkable and undoubtedly controversial? Із Марті'с метод.
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