The Situation of Optimism
Posted by The Situationist Staff on March 12, 2012
From theRSAorg:
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot visits the RSA to explain the biological bias of optimism, and its effect on our lives and societies.
Related Situationist posts:
- Dan Gilbert at HLS on The Situation of Good Decisions
- Missing the Situation Leads to Optimism Among Powerful
- Neural Origins of Optimism,
- Self-Serving Biases
- Some Situational Sources of War
- The Situation of Reason
- Power Goes to the Head
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