Positive Psychology: Hello, Earthlings, We Are Here to Destroy You

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Hello, Earthlings, We Are Here to Destroy You

“Something we’ve done on other planets to facilitate extinction is install an impulsive imbecile as the leader of a country with advanced military technology, so imagine our surprise when we saw your current state of political leadership.”

Hello, Earthlings, We Are Here to Destroy You
My slimy colleagues and I come from the planet ZOR-T4, and we do not come in peace.

newyorker.com

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/hello-earthlings-we-are-here-to-destroy-you?mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."