Brian Klaas

Even in the planned events that we have, like a celebration, a wedding, a birthday, whatever, often the stuff we remember the most is the unplanned flourish. You know, when the uncle did this unexpected thing on the dance floor or whatever. So we pretend that uncertainty is always bad. And sometimes it is. I mean, a cancer diagnosis is scary and you don't know what's going to happen.

Even in the planned events that we have, like a celebration, a wedding, a birthday, whatever, often the stuff we remember the most is the unplanned flourish. You know, when the uncle did this unexpected thing on the dance floor or whatever. So we pretend that uncertainty is always bad. And sometimes it is. I mean, a cancer diagnosis is scary and you don't know what's going to happen.

And I'm not trying to say that that's a good thing. But pure certainty, pure control would cripple everything that's good about being a human. And so it's a mistake to try to stamp out all levels of uncertainty, all levels of chance, and all serendipity from our lives.

And I'm not trying to say that that's a good thing. But pure certainty, pure control would cripple everything that's good about being a human. And so it's a mistake to try to stamp out all levels of uncertainty, all levels of chance, and all serendipity from our lives.

And I'm not trying to say that that's a good thing. But pure certainty, pure control would cripple everything that's good about being a human. And so it's a mistake to try to stamp out all levels of uncertainty, all levels of chance, and all serendipity from our lives.

Yeah, so I think there's an acknowledgement that we have less control. The question is, what do you do about it? The world is uncertain. It's a scary place often. And this is where I think both our social systems and individuals themselves need to focus more on resilience. Resilience is where even if something goes wrong, even if the unexpected befalls you, you're going to be okay.

Yeah, so I think there's an acknowledgement that we have less control. The question is, what do you do about it? The world is uncertain. It's a scary place often. And this is where I think both our social systems and individuals themselves need to focus more on resilience. Resilience is where even if something goes wrong, even if the unexpected befalls you, you're going to be okay.

Yeah, so I think there's an acknowledgement that we have less control. The question is, what do you do about it? The world is uncertain. It's a scary place often. And this is where I think both our social systems and individuals themselves need to focus more on resilience. Resilience is where even if something goes wrong, even if the unexpected befalls you, you're going to be okay.

So when you think about stuff where on a personal level, you don't have control. It's the stuff where it's all about external validation, for example, what other people do in reaction to how you behave. If you have intrinsic motivation, things like passion, things like intellectual discovery, things like exploring the world, it's not contingent on how somebody else reacts to you.

So when you think about stuff where on a personal level, you don't have control. It's the stuff where it's all about external validation, for example, what other people do in reaction to how you behave. If you have intrinsic motivation, things like passion, things like intellectual discovery, things like exploring the world, it's not contingent on how somebody else reacts to you.

So when you think about stuff where on a personal level, you don't have control. It's the stuff where it's all about external validation, for example, what other people do in reaction to how you behave. If you have intrinsic motivation, things like passion, things like intellectual discovery, things like exploring the world, it's not contingent on how somebody else reacts to you.

It's just the thing itself. And that's more resilient. So when I think about what I've done with my own life, I do spend more time with things that have intrinsic and immediate value to me, like going out into nature, like traveling with a sort of an eye for exploration, like walking my dog because I like walking my dog.

It's just the thing itself. And that's more resilient. So when I think about what I've done with my own life, I do spend more time with things that have intrinsic and immediate value to me, like going out into nature, like traveling with a sort of an eye for exploration, like walking my dog because I like walking my dog.

It's just the thing itself. And that's more resilient. So when I think about what I've done with my own life, I do spend more time with things that have intrinsic and immediate value to me, like going out into nature, like traveling with a sort of an eye for exploration, like walking my dog because I like walking my dog.

And the sort of periods where I've felt worst often have been when I've put something out in the world and someone has said something horrible about it, and I've put all of my eggs in the sort of external validation basket. That's where I both don't have control and I'm ceding my well-being to other people.

And the sort of periods where I've felt worst often have been when I've put something out in the world and someone has said something horrible about it, and I've put all of my eggs in the sort of external validation basket. That's where I both don't have control and I'm ceding my well-being to other people.

And the sort of periods where I've felt worst often have been when I've put something out in the world and someone has said something horrible about it, and I've put all of my eggs in the sort of external validation basket. That's where I both don't have control and I'm ceding my well-being to other people.

So I sort of think that that's one of the areas where society as a whole has not learned this lesson as well because the sort of hyper-optimized social systems that we have where everything is about short-term payoff, you've got to hit your quarter three targets and so on, that short-termism is good for efficiency. It's bad for resilience.

So I sort of think that that's one of the areas where society as a whole has not learned this lesson as well because the sort of hyper-optimized social systems that we have where everything is about short-term payoff, you've got to hit your quarter three targets and so on, that short-termism is good for efficiency. It's bad for resilience.

So I sort of think that that's one of the areas where society as a whole has not learned this lesson as well because the sort of hyper-optimized social systems that we have where everything is about short-term payoff, you've got to hit your quarter three targets and so on, that short-termism is good for efficiency. It's bad for resilience.