Barry Schwartz on Wisdom
Posted by The Situationist Staff on March 10, 2009
Barry Schwartz was one of the presenters at Saturday’s Third Annual Project on Law and Mind Sciences Conference at Harvard Law School.
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Last month, Professor Schwartz gave a TEDtalk, titled “The real crisis? We stopped being wise.” In it, he “makes a passionate call for practical wisdom as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.” Here’s a video of the (21 minute) talk.
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Learn more about the PLMS conference and Professor Schwartz’s presentation here. To review Situationist posts discussing research by Barry Schwartz. click here.
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