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On being wrong

March 14, 2011 By Clare 1 Comment

Being right, and the idea/feeling of being so convinced of your own ‘rightness’ (or the frustration in dealing with others’ unwavering belief in their own ‘rightness’ and your associated ‘wrongness’) is something I’ve been thinking/discussing quite a bit lately, so I very much enjoyed Kathryn Schulz’s PopTech Talk on Being Wrong…

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18393719[/vimeo]

I like her key message that given that we can’t trust our own recollections, knowledge, feeling or belief of what’s right, we need to look outside of our self to consciously put our rightness or wrongness to the test.

Some similar ideas (and references to the same research) are covered in this Big Think video about how we are more likely to believe the veracity of intense “flash-bulb memories”—yet these are just as likely as normal memories to be distorted over time.

Sometimes I think that this inability to trust your own memory is scary and uncomfortable and disorienting… but I guess it’s better to be aware of the limitations of memory rather than blindly (and sometimes dangerously) remaining completely and unquestionably convinced of your ‘rightness’.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Big Think, memory, PopTech, wrong

On Marriage

January 28, 2011 By Clare Leave a Comment

I’m getting married in a little over 2 months, so have been thinking lots lately about marriage, and love, and tradition, and ceremony, and family, and happiness etc etc. So, I particularly enjoyed this PopTech talk from Stephanie Coontz on what makes an ideal marriage.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18393580[/vimeo]

HINT: It’s the little interactions that matter!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: marriage, PopTech

A new job market

August 30, 2009 By Clare Leave a Comment

“To make it today you have to be able to do work that’s hard to outsource, hard to automate, and that delivers significance along with utility.” – Daniel Pink (Pop!Tech)

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Daniel Pink, PopTech, work

Why haven’t we rallied our collective power to solve global warming?

June 15, 2009 By Clare Leave a Comment

Pop!Tech Pop!Cast – Dan Gilbert: Why haven’t we rallied our collective power to solve global warming?

Am consistently inspired by the great talks from conferences like Pop!Tech and TED. This is one of the first I listened to, and is one of my favourites.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Daniel Gilbert, environment, global warming, PopTech

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