Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom
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Published 2009-02-16
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"A wise person is made and not born"... Thank you Barry Schwartz for a talk full of wisdom
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Can't believe this isn't more popular! It's one of the best TEDTalks out there! Simply fantastic and a great appeal to ethics and morality!
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Wow, I found myself applauding to my computer screen several times during this talk. Old-fashioned wisdom never dies and if we can draw inspiration and insight from it still, the difficulties of today are nothing but an exciting challenge. Thanks for this great TEDtalk.
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"Honesty is the firstchapter in the book of wisdom" --Thomas Jefferson
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I've thought all these things many times, and with frustration. I'm glad these ideas are finally getting some audience.
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this was my favorite ted talk of all time. I honestly have nothing else to say, i only pray that our society makes a reversion toward success through selflessness rather than falsely rewarding selfishness.
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One of my best TED Talks. . . A must watch!!!
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Barry for president 2020
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Thank you for the Wisdom. I was happy to watch this and grateful to learn 'Respect Learning'. Thank you ~ Thank you ~
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years ago, i used to improvise when recommending medicine and food therapies. i would take a minute or two to listen to the customer's concerns. overall, i sold more product, and was the regualar customers' favorite. i would utilize the knowledge from dozens of books i have read, and assist people directly, particularly, in the best way i knew how. i got fired. they wanted me to parrot advertising literature and what was in their book. so much for character and moral fortitude in retail.
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Provocative, inspiring and a great eye opener to see things from different perspective. Amazing - Loved the wisdom shared thing this talk. Kudos!!!!
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Brilliant talk... 'remoralizing work'...the virtue of practical wisdom and hope, and paying attention.
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How did I miss seeing this lecture before now? I've been subscribed to TED for quite a long time. Good lecture.
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"scripts insure against disaster, but what they ensure in its place is mediocrity" "the reductive appeal to self-interest as the master human motive is a false description of human nature & lead to over-prescription and addiction to surface-level incentives" love :)
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Thanks for the pointing me towards Schwartz's other work. It's good to see that I wasn't reading too much into this one. Cheers!
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Best ted-talk ive ever heard
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Amen. I get the chills when I watch ted videos like this
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EXCEPTIONAL!! Flawless speech, one of the best TED talks I have seen.
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Well hot damn...and I thought no one cared about morals/character anymore. Favorite sentence in the whole video, "A wise person knows when and how to make "the exception to every rule."" It is hard to break free of rules sometimes even when you know when and how to make the exception because people around you will criticize you breaking a rule. But you must have wisdom AND courage to do wise things or else wisdom is lost. Every action starts with courage!
