In this sensible, humane inquiry, Csikszentmihalyi ( Flow: The Mindset of Optimal Experience ) argues that genetically programmed behaviors that once helped human beings adapt and multiply right now threaten our survival. These traits consist of obsessions with meals and sex, dependence on pleasure, extreme rationality and a inclination to focus on the negative. A School of Chicago mindset professor, the author also believes we should free our thoughts of cultural illusions such as for example ethnocentric superiority or id with one’s belongings. He urges listeners to discover ways to reduce the oppression, exploitation and inequality that are woven into the fabric of society. Further, he desires us to control the direction of human advancement by pursuing demanding activities that result in greater complexity while opposting chaos and conformity. Each section concludes with self-help questions and mental exercises made to help listeners apply the insights of this literate manifesto to their daily lives.