What looks like apathy is often risk management.
What looks like disengagement is a cost-benefit calculation.
I wrote about the collapse of civic belief - and why cynicism isn’t a crisis of morality.
It’s a failure of systems.
https://www.theindex.media/the-market-for-hope-is-in-recession/
@Daojoan 👍
"In psychology, self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals...
Self-efficacy affects every area of human endeavor. By determining the beliefs a person holds regarding their power to affect situations, self-efficacy strongly influences both the power a person actually has to face challenges competently and the choices a person is most likely to make. These effects are particularly apparent, and compelling, with regard to investment behaviors such as in health,[2] education,[3] and agriculture.[4]
A strong sense of self-efficacy promotes human accomplishment and personal well-being. A person with high self-efficacy views challenges as things that are supposed to be mastered rather than threats to avoid. These people are able to recover from failure faster and are more likely to attribute failure to a lack of effort. They approach threatening situations with the belief that they can control them. These things have been linked to lower levels of stress and a lower vulnerability to depression."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-efficacy
JA Westenberg
Rhinos Worry Me