Dr. Ellen Langer

You know, if you know anything about art, I mean, you know, let's take even the Impressionists, where people pay so much money today, they were all rejected in their day. You know, when you realize that in some ways, and my work has suggested this to me, that if you're present when you're doing it, you're mindful when you're doing it, somehow that reveals itself in what you're doing.

You know, if you know anything about art, I mean, you know, let's take even the Impressionists, where people pay so much money today, they were all rejected in their day. You know, when you realize that in some ways, and my work has suggested this to me, that if you're present when you're doing it, you're mindful when you're doing it, somehow that reveals itself in what you're doing.

And whether or not it does, you're putting yourself on that canvas, and it's great fun. It's exhilarating. And when somebody's, you know, belittles it, it's strange to me. Where are those criteria coming from? No different from in schools.

And whether or not it does, you're putting yourself on that canvas, and it's great fun. It's exhilarating. And when somebody's, you know, belittles it, it's strange to me. Where are those criteria coming from? No different from in schools.

And whether or not it does, you're putting yourself on that canvas, and it's great fun. It's exhilarating. And when somebody's, you know, belittles it, it's strange to me. Where are those criteria coming from? No different from in schools.

I'm very much in favor of trying to create mindful education because, as I said before, I think that it's our system of education that has caused most of the mindlessness. And a slide that I put on when I give some of these talks in my view, that virtually, I don't really mean virtually, I have to say it because I'm an academic, right?

I'm very much in favor of trying to create mindful education because, as I said before, I think that it's our system of education that has caused most of the mindlessness. And a slide that I put on when I give some of these talks in my view, that virtually, I don't really mean virtually, I have to say it because I'm an academic, right?

I'm very much in favor of trying to create mindful education because, as I said before, I think that it's our system of education that has caused most of the mindlessness. And a slide that I put on when I give some of these talks in my view, that virtually, I don't really mean virtually, I have to say it because I'm an academic, right?

All, I believe all of our ills, all of them, Andrew, personal, interpersonal, professional, global, are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness, right?

All, I believe all of our ills, all of them, Andrew, personal, interpersonal, professional, global, are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness, right?

All, I believe all of our ills, all of them, Andrew, personal, interpersonal, professional, global, are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness, right?

So here we have schools all over the country teaching these absolutes, propagated in magazines, newspapers, taught by our parents, taught to each other, all that are limiting us and causing the problems that we keep trying to solve and how easy it would be.

So here we have schools all over the country teaching these absolutes, propagated in magazines, newspapers, taught by our parents, taught to each other, all that are limiting us and causing the problems that we keep trying to solve and how easy it would be.

So here we have schools all over the country teaching these absolutes, propagated in magazines, newspapers, taught by our parents, taught to each other, all that are limiting us and causing the problems that we keep trying to solve and how easy it would be.

if we just acknowledge everybody doesn't know something, everybody knows something else, everybody can't do something, everyone can do something else. So when you're grading that paper and you're so sure that this paper just doesn't make it, to presume that every smart person in the world would evaluate that the same way, I find distasteful.

if we just acknowledge everybody doesn't know something, everybody knows something else, everybody can't do something, everyone can do something else. So when you're grading that paper and you're so sure that this paper just doesn't make it, to presume that every smart person in the world would evaluate that the same way, I find distasteful.

if we just acknowledge everybody doesn't know something, everybody knows something else, everybody can't do something, everyone can do something else. So when you're grading that paper and you're so sure that this paper just doesn't make it, to presume that every smart person in the world would evaluate that the same way, I find distasteful.

So, Constance, you know, you give tests in school to find out what people don't know. Give tests to find out what they do know.

So, Constance, you know, you give tests in school to find out what people don't know. Give tests to find out what they do know.

So, Constance, you know, you give tests in school to find out what people don't know. Give tests to find out what they do know.