Transcend with Scott Barry Kaufman
On this episode of The Psychology Podcast, physicist Sean Carroll chats with Scott Barry Kaufman, host of The Psychology Podcast, about his new book Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, which is out this week!
In this episode we discuss:
Why studying humans is more complicated than studying the universe
The importance of having humility as a psychologist
How Scott’s new book Transcend builds on the work of Abraham Maslow
How Maslow never actually drew a pyramid
What Maslow actually meant by his “Hierarchy of Needs”
The dialectical between security and growth
Scott’s new metaphor for the hierarchy of needs
How humans can be greater than the sum of their parts
Scott’s revised integrated hierarchy of needs
Why attachment styles are continuums, not types
Why the need for belonging is not the same as the need for intimacy
The effects of loneliness on our physical health
The latest science of introversion
Healthy self-esteem vs. narcissism
The “growing tip”
Psychological entropy
The need for exploration and information seeking
The more cosmic aspect of love, or "B-Love"
The need for purpose
Why self-actualization is not achievement
The form of purpose that can lead to transcendence
Why nothing is absolutely good or bad
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