A Simple Block of Needs™ | FREE paper model of behavior for better decisions in the age of AI

Jan 31

Written By Cristian Mitreanu

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A SIMPLE BLOCK OF NEEDS™

Assemble the cut-and-fold 3D model A Simple Block of Needs™ to instantly acquire a new, powerful understanding of how needs are naturally structured, underlying the behavior of people, products, companies, and economies. A minimalist embodiment of Cristian Mitreanu’s one-need theory of behavior — which explains that humans naturally aggregate and disaggregate the overarching need generically-labeled “successful existence” to create a tree of needs (or goals) that drive their actions — the Block offers a robust foundation for efficient and consistent decision-making in both your personal and professional lives, in the context of people and technology.

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Understand the big picture with the Block as a basic unit of behavior

The first thing you'll notice is that all needs are parts of the same whole. Then, you'll notice that, as action drivers, all needs have an inherent time dimension. So you can now think of the life span of humans and organizations as chains of tiered goals. Is the amount of tiers of needs in a given stretch of time an indication of intelligence? Wisdom? Will over-reliance on AI negatively impact the formation of an individual's higher-level needs, which include the logic for all the lower-level needs as an efficiency mechanism? The Block provides a new lens for understanding and guidance in decision-making.

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A Low-Tech, Accessible Tool of Success for Everybody, Everywhere

To begin acquiring the new perspective on the world, think about your everyday life. How about food? Regardless of our backgrounds, we all know something about food. Preparing dinner at home or going out? Focus on the process. And, if you feel like immediately taking a deeper dive, check out the post The 'Customer Process' Platform: How to Think, Build, and Strategize in a B2B Environment, which describes a powerful business framework developed upon the insights captured and embodied in A Simple Block of Needs™.

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