OSE Psychology

How can sound psychology help people cope with a changing world? The pace of change is increasing. New technology, such as AI and automation - make many people uneasy. What happens when artificial scarcity is eradicated, and people can now do with their time what they choose? As they can then choose how much to work - and are not constantly distracted from needing to find meaning - how do they find meaning in life?

The requirement at that time for mental balance will rely on people gaining skills of psychosociathl integration that grounds them firmly in a state of purpose and meaning. Finding one's place in the universe is part of it. Beginning a quest for meaning and an inspiring, productive life is a part of a post-scarcity world.

There is no formal process in civilization today that promotes universal psychological integration. Many substitutes exist, such as autocratic leaders, cults of personality, institutionalized religions, the penal system, and a policy of permanent war. I've heard many people say that one's family is supposed to cultivate a person's psychological integrity - but today many parents are too busy, or there are many parents that are unfir to provide sound psychological health to their kids. In fact, with the overwhelming amount of noise, baggage, or unsolved pains that many people carry - how can we even hope that parents will bring up psychologically balanced kids?

New ways or institutions - to augment the poor record of the family, church, or state - need to be created. What is that new mechanism, and how do we make it accessible to everyone - so that a high level of psycho-social integration is the norm - not the exception?

A lot of this revolves around a growth mindset. Only 40% have it. If the only constant is change - a growth mindset - aligned with principles of Darwinian evolution - is a sound approach to life, and can perhaps be the first indicator of full mental health. It can serve as a foundation for positive psychology (which is consistent with Productive Paranoia.

Combine that with 5% depressed people, 4% of people with mental health issues, and 9% with personality disorders [1] - that leaves us with only about half the population displaying a well-adjusted psychological attitude to life - what we call sound psychosocial integration.

More subtly, the OSE perspective points out that the scarcity mindset, upon which the economy is built (patents, win-lose, competition) is by far a predominant mindset. This is a significant challenge to OSE work we try to roll out a collaborative enterprise culture with OSE. This is the challenge that we aim to solve with our vision, strategy, and tactics.

In summary, society has a long way to go in terms of balancing itself, and in OSE's tactics, we certainly acknowledge this and aim to address psychosocial integration as one of the many outcomes of our work.