See on Scoop.it – Gestalt Therapy

Although positioned as an insight relative to social media (and what isn’t, these days?) this article touches on a basic paradigm shift in how human intelligence works.

 

According to the author, Maslow’s popular “hierarchy of needs” would better be replaced by a model that recognises that needs and motivations aren’t hierarchical and they aren’t individualistic. 

 

Connection and community are basic to everything we do as humans.

 

The author states:

 

Maslow’s model needs rewiring so it matches our brains.  Belongingness is the driving force of human behavior, not a third tier activity.  The system of human needs from bottom to top, shelter, safety,sex, leadership, community, competence and trust, are dependent on our ability to connect with others.

 

See on mprcenter.org