Monday, April 20, 2020

A direct way to experience a sense of value and purpose is to attain status with money.





I read about young humans involved in crime.
Spent a big chunk of my life with them.
So I like these words on the subjects::


That mindset is familiar to Eamon McCrory, professor of developmental neuroscience and psychopathology at University College London, whose research focuses on early adversity, the brain and mental-health problems in childhood. 

He says: "A degree of importance within a hierarchy becomes a huge draw for these young people because that's what they have failed to experience as a child. 
A very simple, direct way to experience a sense of value and purpose is to attain status with money and concrete symbols of wealth. 

This becomes a much easier path than trying to gain a sense of value through relationships that increasingly seem only fraught and challenging, with no road map to follow.



BHP