learned helplessness

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Mar 19, 2026 neutral
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Eyal: Seligman and Maier reversed their theory on learned helplessness
“Those authors, Seligman and Meyer, declared that they had gotten the study a hundred percent backwards. That the study results were a 180 degrees the opposite of what they thought. That we don't learn helplessness, that's our default.”
Nir Eyal Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 3:00 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal
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