When lack of expertise or data leads us to search for exterior options and their excessive value.
Indigence. n. (lat. Indigentia) — Poverty, need, or lack of requirements.
An individual affected by destitution is named indigent.
· Understanding indigence
· Causes to fret about
∘ Ignoring the Drawback Doesn’t Resolve It
∘ Lack of duty
∘ Lack of effort
· Cognitive bias
· Sensible examples
∘ Well being
∘ Know-how
∘ Cybersecurity
∘ Youngsters’s training
The primary time I heard the time period indigence referred to one thing extra-economic was within the guide Incompletos by Jose Carlos Ruiz¹, the place it refers to psychological indigence, that’s, the lack of 1’s personal standards within the face of a lack of awareness, expertise or solutions, which ends up in the seek for an answer in that which isn’t one’s personal, imitating and attending to others as a substitute of growing private standards and options.
An indigent is an individual who, on account of various factors, is unable to attain the minimal sources that may present him with stability and acceptable well-being.
A mentally indigent particular person could be somebody who doesn’t have ample psychological sources to acquire the well-being he needs in some side of his life.
This now permits us to speak about social indigence, technological indigence, cybersecurity indigence, and so forth…
We live in a time the place, maybe due to consumerism and/or capitalism, we’re inspired to delegate duties to third events and/or professionals within the sector, taking a burden off our shoulders.
Does your physique ache? Go to a physio.
Bought a chilly? Take the physician’s drugs.
Private issues? Go to a psychologist.