KarmaTube Video
KarmaTube is a video portal by ServiceSpace, showcasing the best inspiring videos on the web – with practical ways to be the change. Explore →
You Don't Actually Know What Your Future Self Wants
Through the use of vivid storytelling the journalist Shankar Vedantam explains the impact of what he terms the "illusion of continuity", the belief that our future selves will share the same perspectives and views as our current selves. He points out that "on an ongoing basis, you are constantly becoming a new person." This creates practical challenges in terms of making promises for our future self and enacting laws that seem enlightened now which may seem archaic in the future. He offers three-fold advice tro handle these challenges: stay curious, practice humility, and be brave.
Be The Change
1
Read about the life and extensive work of Shankar Vedantam.
2
Learn from Hidden Brain about the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior.
3
Consider how you can best stay curious, practice humility, and be brave, so that your future self will say, "Thank you," to your current self.
Reflections (5)
About KarmaTube
Curated by volunteers at ServiceSpace, KarmaTube features inspiring videos with actionable ways to spread kindness. Subscribe for weekly inspiration.
Here's to knowing that