Wikipedia Deep Dive
Positive psychology
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**Format**: Clean semantic HTML optimized for Speechify text-to-speech
**Length**: ~3,800 words (approximately 19 minutes of reading)
**Structure**:
- Opens with the compelling 1998 moment when Seligman flipped psychology's central question
- Traces the intellectual lineage from Aristotle through Maslow to the modern movement
- Explains key models (Diener's tripartite, Ryff's six-factor, PERMA) in accessible language
- Covers Csikszentmihalyi's flow concept with concrete examples
- Details the Character Strengths and Virtues framework
- Discusses practical interventions with evidence
- Addresses criticisms honestly (cancer claims, cultural narrowness, structural vs individual)
- Introduces "second-wave" positive psychology
- Connects to the Substack article's theme about civic education and agency
**Key adaptations for audio**:
- Varied sentence and paragraph lengths for natural rhythm
- Spelled out "Csikszentmihalyi" phonetically on first use
- Avoided jargon or explained it immediately
- Used narrative transitions instead of encyclopedic structure
- Built concepts from first principles