Charan Ranganath

I'm like, I don't know, 27 years old, 28 years old. And I'm like in with these like, you know, Vietnam vets in their 50s who've really seen stuff, you know, and they live in combat zones now in Chicago. And what I realized was everyone was telling their story.

I'm like, I don't know, 27 years old, 28 years old. And I'm like in with these like, you know, Vietnam vets in their 50s who've really seen stuff, you know, and they live in combat zones now in Chicago. And what I realized was everyone was telling their story.

I'm like, I don't know, 27 years old, 28 years old. And I'm like in with these like, you know, Vietnam vets in their 50s who've really seen stuff, you know, and they live in combat zones now in Chicago. And what I realized was everyone was telling their story.

But they're hearing reflections of their story from me, but also from other members of the group who they can relate to that are different from their narrative. And now all of a sudden what happens is the memory is no longer theirs. It's a collective memory that's shared by all these people because the memory now incorporates elements of their reactions as well.

But they're hearing reflections of their story from me, but also from other members of the group who they can relate to that are different from their narrative. And now all of a sudden what happens is the memory is no longer theirs. It's a collective memory that's shared by all these people because the memory now incorporates elements of their reactions as well.

But they're hearing reflections of their story from me, but also from other members of the group who they can relate to that are different from their narrative. And now all of a sudden what happens is the memory is no longer theirs. It's a collective memory that's shared by all these people because the memory now incorporates elements of their reactions as well.

It allows people to remember it in a new context, right? And I mean, and we can just take a much more watered down version of this where how many times have you had a terrible experience and it became a great story? I basically say that there's no point in having a bad experience in life if you don't get a great story out of it, right? So I talk in the book about a near-death experience.

It allows people to remember it in a new context, right? And I mean, and we can just take a much more watered down version of this where how many times have you had a terrible experience and it became a great story? I basically say that there's no point in having a bad experience in life if you don't get a great story out of it, right? So I talk in the book about a near-death experience.

It allows people to remember it in a new context, right? And I mean, and we can just take a much more watered down version of this where how many times have you had a terrible experience and it became a great story? I basically say that there's no point in having a bad experience in life if you don't get a great story out of it, right? So I talk in the book about a near-death experience.

I had paddle boarding and everything about this was stupid. It's like the degree – I could send you pictures of it and you'd be like, oh my god, what was he thinking?

I had paddle boarding and everything about this was stupid. It's like the degree – I could send you pictures of it and you'd be like, oh my god, what was he thinking?

I had paddle boarding and everything about this was stupid. It's like the degree – I could send you pictures of it and you'd be like, oh my god, what was he thinking?

Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly.

Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly.

Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly.

Yeah, yeah. Well, so, I mean, to be clear, it's like I felt horrible during that experience, and it was one of the most immediately fear-inducing experiences I've had. But later, me and Randy O'Reilly of computational neuroscience were friends. We both did this stupid thing together. We would tell the story, tag team it, and we told it to students and friends and so forth.

Yeah, yeah. Well, so, I mean, to be clear, it's like I felt horrible during that experience, and it was one of the most immediately fear-inducing experiences I've had. But later, me and Randy O'Reilly of computational neuroscience were friends. We both did this stupid thing together. We would tell the story, tag team it, and we told it to students and friends and so forth.

Yeah, yeah. Well, so, I mean, to be clear, it's like I felt horrible during that experience, and it was one of the most immediately fear-inducing experiences I've had. But later, me and Randy O'Reilly of computational neuroscience were friends. We both did this stupid thing together. We would tell the story, tag team it, and we told it to students and friends and so forth.

And it just became funny. And so each time we told it, it just became kind of funnier and funnier, and you start to embellish things and so forth. And so that change of perspective was really drawn out by sharing and seeing people laugh and seeing people like, what were you thinking? You're such a smart person and you did this. And it becomes part of the narrative.

And it just became funny. And so each time we told it, it just became kind of funnier and funnier, and you start to embellish things and so forth. And so that change of perspective was really drawn out by sharing and seeing people laugh and seeing people like, what were you thinking? You're such a smart person and you did this. And it becomes part of the narrative.