Flourishing is associated with dynamics that are nonrepetitive, innovative, highly flexible, and dynamically stable; that is, they represent the complex order of chaos, not the rigidity of limit cycles and point attractors.
Appropriate negativity is a critical ingredient within human flourishing that serves to maintain a grounded, negentropic system. The complex dynamics of flourishing first show signs of disintegration at a positivity ratio of 11.6
Human flourishing is optimal functioning characterized by four key components:
(a) Goodness, indexed by happiness, satisfaction, and superior functioning;
(b) Generativity, indexed by broadened thought–action repertoires and behavioral flexibility;
(c) Growth, indexed by gains in enduring personal and social resources; and
(d) Resilience, indexed by survival and growth in the aftermath of adversity.
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