Alvin E. Roth
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
For everyone in life, humans, humans affect other humans.
Like, I don't think you canβby the way, I don't think you should walk through life without feeling things from other people good and bad.
Sure, that's fine.
But that doesn't mean, even if you're able to say like, well, that's that person's shit, it doesn't mean it doesn't have to have an impact on you.
It doesn't mean it won't hurt your feelings to be around someone who has just insulted you.
that is a normal reaction as a person.
You don't have to, it shouldn't ruin your life, ruin your whole day.
You know, it doesn't, you don't need to go that far, but I definitely think it's okay to be affected by the way people treat you.
Again, do I think it needs to affect you to the extreme where it's starting to change your behavior or the way you look at the world?
No, that's bad.
But to be like, ow.
That's okay.
He's standing in front of 7-Eleven with a parrot on his shoulder.
That's so intellectual, though, which I understand.
That's right.
where you're coming from.
Exactly.
I don't think it's impossible and I think it's circumstantial, but it is.
I mean, yeah, I just live in reality where, like, look, if I'm walking down the street and someone yells something at me and they have a parrot on their shoulder, no, I'm not going to think what they, like, they're a valid, I should be thinking about how to change my life.
But it would still probably hurt.