Deficiency blindness
It’s interesting how, when we’re taking a deficiency perspective, the lens is so narrowing, it makes us literally unable to see what’s in abundance right in front of us. We miss the obvious because we lack the brain connections that exist with an appreicative lens that allow us to see the obvious we otherwise miss.
This is why in the civic space, it’s futile to keep pointing out the (appreciative) obvious to people with deficiency blindness. The only way to help them regain their vision is to keep helping them practice an appreciative lens so they can build the brain connections that allow this kind of vision in the first place.
