Maslow's Human Needs

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 4 October 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Original broadcast date: April 17, 2015. Humans need food, sleep, safety, love, purpose. Psychologist Abraham Maslow ordered our needs into a hierarchy. This week, TED speakers explore that spectrum of need, from primal to profound. Guests include psychologist Margie Lachman, neuroscientist Russell Foster, computer security expert Bruce Schneier, journalist Sebastian Junger, activist Caroline Casey, and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here, and this episode is all about Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of human needs.
0:05.6	Did you know that up until the 1950s, psychologists mostly focused on what was wrong with people.
0:12.4	And then, came Maslow. Join us as we go up Maslow's pyramid from food and sleep all the way to self-actualization.
0:21.2	This episode originally aired in April of 2015. Enjoy.
0:27.0	This...
0:27.8	...is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:33.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:35.0	Ted Talks.
0:35.8	Ted.
0:36.6	Ted.
0:37.0	Technology.
0:37.8	Entertainment. Design.
0:39.0	Design.
0:39.8	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:41.0	I'm never known that...
0:41.8	...delivered at Ted conferences around the world.
0:44.2	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:45.4	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:48.2	The true nature of reality beckons...
0:51.4	...from just beyond.
0:52.6	Those talks...
0:53.8	...those ideas...
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