You don't actually know what your future self wants | Shankar Vedantam
TED Talks Kids and Family
English - October 06, 2022 14:55 - 14 minutes - ★★★★ - 461 ratingsKids & Family ted tedtalks ted talks inspiration creativity tech demo education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vedantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.