Essay On Hyper Individuation

Hyper individuation is apparent in most millennials in American society, and in many other developed countries as well. This state-of-being is distinguished as one seeing themselves as the center of everything. Hyper-individuation is most often characterized by habits of consumption of economical services and goods. Parents often tell their children, “you are not the center of the universe,” but observations on the campus of Western Washington University (WWU) show that this phrase did not stick in their brains. Hyper individuation is a case arguing nature vs. nurture. Is hyper individuation a learned behavior, biological, or both? The observations on WWU campus also lead to the conclusion that most college-aged millennials show signs of developed hyper individuation …show more content…
This new-found-freedom often leads these individuals to make hasty, impulsive decisions. The lack of guidance from guardian figures in adolescent lives often leads to kids never developing empathy, the ability to understand what another person is feeling. This detachment to social interaction promotes an attachment to technology. As observed in Arnzten Hall at Starbucks on the campus of WWU, many students, instead of looking to the person in front or behind them in line, would look down to their phones to avoid unwanted conversations.
Chapter two begins with, “Hyper individuation (HI) is a personal frame of reference through which the lone man or woman views the world that exists beyond the self.” This quote is important as a reference throughout the idea and understanding of HI that it has aided humans through evolution via behavioral responses and changes in their environment. Egocentrism is an outcome of this evolutionary response. Egocentrism and hyper individuation go together, due to their shared characteristic of an individual not being able to see from other’s