Control over consciousness cannot be institutionaliz ed. As soon as it…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Control over consciousness cannot be institutionaliz ed. As soon as it becomes part of a set of social rules and norms, it ceases to be effective in the way it was originally intended to be. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
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