When Fear KICKS In
Part of research behavioural change and transformation in relation to survival mode and identity crisis - particularly witnessing the response to Covid-19 in the WEIRD societies.
At what level of interaction does fear of loss [not] kick in?
What triggers it and why [not]?
What actions need to be taken and are [not] being taken?
Our survival mode reveals not only an inherited/deep-imbedded hunter-gatherer response to danger but also the existence levels of The Self as a spectrum of relatedness to others: from The Self as an individual and as part of a family, a circle of friends, a community, a city, a country, a belief-system or a culture, a species, an ecosystem, a world, a universe [and everything in between and beyond].
Act Like You’ve Got It
Caused by either a natural disaster or a human-made conflict, how can we explain the different survival mode states and relational responses to crises of countries, citizens, communities, sectors, individuals, cultures, believers [etc.] and use this knowledge, experience, and insight for how we - individually and collectively - interact with future threats and different levels of loss?
An important question we need to ask ourselves: might our tightly knitted, globalised system and increasing inability to think and live beyond the confines of the modern Western World [particularly the sense of comfort, belonging, safety and certainty] make it more likely for any crisis to spread?
It’s time to upgrade our alarm system to the 21st Century and increase its radius, while also transforming fear, risk, control and avoidance into trust, opportunity, freedom and engagement.
