The fundamental challenge is one of psychobiology and behaviour change as opposed to just a straight forward learning issue. A person might, without being aware, relish the victimhood status of not being able to do certain things for themself because they “like” to be helped and rescued. If this is the case, what may be needed, now more than ever before, is for authorities to trust in the ability of individuals to deal with complexity not only in terms of community action but also a human scale; with a sense of empathy newly calibrated for the 21st century. Only then might a little help from tools, technology and the holding of spaces support the nurturing of our intrinsic curiosity.
