Capitalism drives ppl to burn out by exhausting the mental resources of workers.
Reading about deprivation sensitivity and ego led me to the concept of "ego depletion". Sources sum it up as saying self control is harder when one is stretched beyond their means. Mental "resources" depleted.
January 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Deprivation sensitivity seems to be a more aggressive form of interpersonal sabotage, while the concept of "social contagion" is more passively acted upon by "group think" consensus of shunning and exceptionalism.
January 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The impact of policy orchestrated poverty and downward social mobility.
"Further, the victims of slow and sustainable resource loss are more often blamed for their loss and find it more difficult to fight back (Cullen, Clark, Mathers, & Cullen, 1983)."
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"Further, the victims of slow and sustainable resource loss are more often blamed for their loss and find it more difficult to fight back (Cullen, Clark, Mathers, & Cullen, 1983)."
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Validating the four components of Mimicry Deception Theory from the victim's perspective
Mimicry-Deception Theory (MDT) states that deception falls along a temporal continuum, where individuals who engage in long- vs. short-term deception …
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January 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"When we fail to stick to our goals we might conclude, I just don’t have enough willpower.
But what if you found out that it wasn’t just about resistance? That actually you were being sabotaged."
#deprivationsensitivity
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Deprivation Sensitivity
At times we all struggle with self-control, whether with our spending, our eating, our drinking, our screen-time or some other habit. It might seem like a simple equation to work out how har…
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January 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"When we fail to stick to our goals we might conclude, I just don’t have enough willpower.
But what if you found out that it wasn’t just about resistance? That actually you were being sabotaged."
#deprivationsensitivity
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Thinking about how scarcity mindsets game #deprivationsensitivity to convince ppl not to fullfill their basic hierarchy of needs.
January 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thinking about how scarcity mindsets game #deprivationsensitivity to convince ppl not to fullfill their basic hierarchy of needs.
Cuz kind of like I wrote about yesterday there always seems to be two extremes. Either ppl respond to deprivation sensitivity (lacking resources and realizing that) by becoming more empathetic and solution seeking. Or they become more competitive and aggressive.
June 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Because of this, the new research has had to do battle repeatedly with old ideas – whether versions of ‘mob mentality’, mass panic, or contagion – " #socialcontagion
June 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM