Learned helplessness
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Nick Szabo· 2026-04-07 01:41
RT Sony Thăng (@nxt888)You know what keeps the empire running more than any aircraft carrier?The American who knows something is wrong but has decided it's too big to fight.The resignation.The learned helplessness.The "what am I supposed to do about it."They manufactured that feeling deliberately.Make the system feel permanent.Make alternatives feel impossible.Make dissent feel futile.A population that has given up is cheaper to manage than a population that is afraid.And they have both. ...
Breaking Free from Learned Helplessness | Afni Danisa Paramesti | TEDxPribadi School Depok
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-17 16:35
[Music] There's a feeling I'm sure almost everyone here has felt at least once. Maybe your classmate constantly got better scores than you. Or maybe your sibling continuously got praised and you didn't.This feeling of helplessness is no stranger to anybody. These demeaning little annoyances if continuously experienced snowball into this butterfly effect which leads to major consequences in the future. This effect in psychology is called learned helplessness.So what is it anyway. Learned helplessness is a st ...