“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the “end of history illusion,” where we somehow imagine that the person we are right now is the person we’ll be for the rest of time. Hint: that’s not the case.
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Very well presented. Thank you Dan Gilbert.
The title of this video should be – the end of history illusion.
Does this talk apply to women too? Or is it just a coincidence there are no examples of women with Big Five personality traits, likes and hobbies throughout these graphs…
thanks you
Didn't know Mike from Breaking Bad was into psychology!
I came to this revelation at 14.
This is so true, "The only constant is that our life is changing''
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."-Winston Churchill
how much are you saving for retirement?
" El cambio es el tejido de la vida "
the one constant thing in our life is change.wow
Who was expecting Cavs owner ?
He is talking sooooooo fastly ????
"Human beings are work in progress that mistakenly thinks they are finished" kudos
I love this great speaker .
I really used to think i can change,at some point I really felt like another human being but at the end of the day we are the same person
this doesnt have so many views, but its more interesting than any popular ted talks in my opinion?
the picture of a girl growing up is fascinating
This guy knows the psychology of self? THIS guy? Lol. A more arrogant obnoxious self important self absorbed high on his own suppy person I have never encountered in my entire life. Ok, Professor Douche-Bag… Mr. PHD (piled high and deep)….. do the world a favor and SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE…. and we just love you on the Prudential commercial wearing the pretentious 1939 glasses asking how much money we have. Classy….
change happens because because it is encoded in our DNA, without this change, we would be as creative as calculators. Through this mechanism deterministic universe, the formation of the functional models of behavior, who say FREE WiLL
Reminds of Sartre's "Existence precedes essence" idea
totally agree with u
change is inevitable…The first step is acceptance, but that doesn’t make transition easy. We can try to avoid making tough decisions, but eventually we must become mature enough to know ourselves, accept our limits, and say no.The change at the earlier age is more drastic compared to changes at old age.
Haha. Chris Sacca in the audience.
Queen – 35 years ago…. Queen – 20 years ago…… Queen Today………Something's never change.
This talk is in-comprehensive and is the epitome of a fault of many of these types of things. TED talks bank too much on "wacky" and "woah" narratives without giving much discussion about it. It's on the same level as racists who present violence statistics to prove their point.
Thank you for telling us what to do with that. Oh wait, you didn't!
useless and superficial, flawed data collecting.
The decisions we make keep changing with time. Our future selves regret the decisions made by our past selves. The rate of change of decision slows by the age. We believe in an illusion that our personal history has come to an end. The three values which matter most are pleasure, success and honesty but the importance of these values change with time. People underestimate the change they are going to experience in the next ten years. This is called end of history illusion. We overestimate the stability of the current preferences. Time alters our preferences, personality and reshapes our values. The one constant in our life is change.
This is what our regrets are all about
"The one constant in our life is change" Thank you Dr Gilbert for this amazing talk
the subtitle of this talk should be "or why tattoos are a bad idea"
Proving again, that one should never buy a time-share.
i was listening it quite intently. didn't know what made these studios guys laugh- repeatedly??
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they are finished”. This was my mistake
The Lost son of Sıgmund Freud
you may not realize that you are changing every single day, other people will notices before you do. No wonder why people react back at you
“Your preferences, likes and dislikes, are transient, and thats the norms”
There's nothing profound nor significant n this speech.