The Evolving Self
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow's author on a larger question: how to direct human evolution toward complexity and meaning rather than entropy, through flow, memes, and the 'transcendent self'. Ambitious, philosophical and much less read than Flow.
Read it if…
you loved Flow and want the philosophy behind it.
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you want applications.
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Three things you will actually use
- Complexity is the direction of growth.
- Flow serves evolution when aimed at complexity.
- Choose which memes you host.
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Read the chapters on the veils of Maya and on flow and complexity.
Our verdict
Flow's philosophy.
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