nice article

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In Maslow's scheme, the final stage of psychological development comes when the individual feels assured that his physiological, security, affiliation and affection, self-respect, and recognition needs have been satisfied. As these become dormant, he becomes filled with a desire to realize all of his potential for being an effective, creative, mature human being. "What a man can be, he must be", is the way Maslow expresses it. -- Wikipedia

Hi,

again a nice post, but of course I have some remarks.

What about the ability of people to think about their future and take decisions based on that?
Satisfying your needs according to this pyramid works fine but what happens then? One very hot topic nowadays is obesity...people in the west eat so much that it is not healthy anymore. They satisfy one of the basic needs (food) in a completely over the top way. You will be also aware that obesity and diabetes (which goes hand in hand with obesity) becomes a national problem in many western countries.
The pyramid of Maslow doesn't seem to take biology into consideration.

You are also aware that this final stage (the creativity) is something which is not reachable for most people. We can see it in most western countries (a layer of poor people) and when you look at Asia and Africa, we see much more people who are struggling with stage one of the pyramid.

The pyramid seems a very nice way to describe the actions and reactions of an individual but fail when looking at society.

So, then, the modern challenge for humanity is not to become bored to death.

A normal well thinking person should not find this a challenge, there are enough problems around that need to be solved. If you are bored you can do some nice work on nuclear fusion.<_<