Category: Notes

Most moments are never remembered because our “remembering self” forgets most of them and focuses on the beginning, middle and especially the end. While we often focus on making our “experiencing self” happy, it is our remembering that determines whether an experience made us happy beyond the moment in which we experienced it.

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory (TED)

Greene ties together several modern theories to paint a description of the universe that we see today and what it might look like in the future.

Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life? (TED)

Goldman talks candidly about the fact that doctors make mistakes. He suggests that instead of turning a blind eye to such mistakes and pretending like good doctors are perfect, we would address the fact that no amount of training can make a perfect doctor and instead we should focus our efforts on creating systems to minimize those mistakes.

Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that? (TED)

Naas presents a sobering message: face-to-face interactions is critical to keeping us sane, adjusted and cognitively engaged.

Are You Multitasking Your Life Away?: Cliff Naas at TEDxStanford

Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness