Scott Barry Kaufman

So they have a paper 50 years later where they say they got it completely wrong, completely opposite. In humans, it seems like learned helplessness is the default state in humans. There's something very primal about that where we default to learned helplessness. And what we have to learn is hope. Hope is an intentional process that has to be learned. So you ask, why is it so seductive?

So they have a paper 50 years later where they say they got it completely wrong, completely opposite. In humans, it seems like learned helplessness is the default state in humans. There's something very primal about that where we default to learned helplessness. And what we have to learn is hope. Hope is an intentional process that has to be learned. So you ask, why is it so seductive?

Well, there's something so primal about the rewards we know we're going to get if we signal victimhood. It is something that just through the, we're such a social species and we know that the person who's perceived as the victim throughout the course of human evolution got a lot of support. And of course, there are real victims. And of course, we need to say that.

Well, there's something so primal about the rewards we know we're going to get if we signal victimhood. It is something that just through the, we're such a social species and we know that the person who's perceived as the victim throughout the course of human evolution got a lot of support. And of course, there are real victims. And of course, we need to say that.

Well, there's something so primal about the rewards we know we're going to get if we signal victimhood. It is something that just through the, we're such a social species and we know that the person who's perceived as the victim throughout the course of human evolution got a lot of support. And of course, there are real victims. And of course, we need to say that.

It should almost have to not be said, but we obviously should make clear that we're too compassionate humans. And of course, there are real victims. But there also are... So a victim mindset is independent of victimization. You can have real victimization and not harness a victim mindset about it. I have a friend...

It should almost have to not be said, but we obviously should make clear that we're too compassionate humans. And of course, there are real victims. But there also are... So a victim mindset is independent of victimization. You can have real victimization and not harness a victim mindset about it. I have a friend...

It should almost have to not be said, but we obviously should make clear that we're too compassionate humans. And of course, there are real victims. But there also are... So a victim mindset is independent of victimization. You can have real victimization and not harness a victim mindset about it. I have a friend...

Who's really cool and he has like no arms or legs and he has two hooks um, tom nash and he He's like i'm not a victim He had uh, he had a meningococcal disease that that caused him, uh to lose Uh to become quadriplegic And he's like i'm not a victim. I actually I love these hooks. He like rolls up in style with them, you know um

Who's really cool and he has like no arms or legs and he has two hooks um, tom nash and he He's like i'm not a victim He had uh, he had a meningococcal disease that that caused him, uh to lose Uh to become quadriplegic And he's like i'm not a victim. I actually I love these hooks. He like rolls up in style with them, you know um

Who's really cool and he has like no arms or legs and he has two hooks um, tom nash and he He's like i'm not a victim He had uh, he had a meningococcal disease that that caused him, uh to lose Uh to become quadriplegic And he's like i'm not a victim. I actually I love these hooks. He like rolls up in style with them, you know um

Vice versa, you can not have been victimized and have a victim mindset as well. And I talk about the dark triad in the book. I have a whole section on dark triad activism.

Vice versa, you can not have been victimized and have a victim mindset as well. And I talk about the dark triad in the book. I have a whole section on dark triad activism.

Vice versa, you can not have been victimized and have a victim mindset as well. And I talk about the dark triad in the book. I have a whole section on dark triad activism.

I'm really glad you said that. A lot of people, and this is well known in the trauma literature, a lot of people who have had a terrible thing happen to them, especially when they were young, they do implicitly, unconsciously believe they deserved it. Um, it's a defense mechanism. It's not a, it's not a healthy one, but, um, a lot of people will say in try big, why, why did this happen?

I'm really glad you said that. A lot of people, and this is well known in the trauma literature, a lot of people who have had a terrible thing happen to them, especially when they were young, they do implicitly, unconsciously believe they deserved it. Um, it's a defense mechanism. It's not a, it's not a healthy one, but, um, a lot of people will say in try big, why, why did this happen?

I'm really glad you said that. A lot of people, and this is well known in the trauma literature, a lot of people who have had a terrible thing happen to them, especially when they were young, they do implicitly, unconsciously believe they deserved it. Um, it's a defense mechanism. It's not a, it's not a healthy one, but, um, a lot of people will say in try big, why, why did this happen?

I must have deserved it. And they start to develop a sense unconsciously often that they're broken inside and a big, you know, a big mission that I'm on. And, and the whole second half of the book, that's the whole second half of the book is find the parts of you that are not broken, right? Find the light within yourself.

I must have deserved it. And they start to develop a sense unconsciously often that they're broken inside and a big, you know, a big mission that I'm on. And, and the whole second half of the book, that's the whole second half of the book is find the parts of you that are not broken, right? Find the light within yourself.

I must have deserved it. And they start to develop a sense unconsciously often that they're broken inside and a big, you know, a big mission that I'm on. And, and the whole second half of the book, that's the whole second half of the book is find the parts of you that are not broken, right? Find the light within yourself.