Dr. Ellen Langer

I'm going to be afraid to expand and experience new things. I feel like- I've just combined 12 different areas.

If you don't believe there's a right answer, if you believe there's a right answer, you want someone to give me that answer. Which surgery should I have? Oh, my God, I'm supposed to have a house. The house burned. You know, life is over. But if you realize that any experience is only experience through you and provides opportunities.

If you don't believe there's a right answer, if you believe there's a right answer, you want someone to give me that answer. Which surgery should I have? Oh, my God, I'm supposed to have a house. The house burned. You know, life is over. But if you realize that any experience is only experience through you and provides opportunities.

If you don't believe there's a right answer, if you believe there's a right answer, you want someone to give me that answer. Which surgery should I have? Oh, my God, I'm supposed to have a house. The house burned. You know, life is over. But if you realize that any experience is only experience through you and provides opportunities.

No, of course. So when Eric Fromm wrote, escape from freedom, it was that same idea that you can be paralyzed by so many choices. But I think that's wrong. I think you're only paralyzed by the choices if implicitly you believe there's a right and a wrong choice. And when you recognize that they're all equal, it just doesn't matter. It's easy to choose them. So it's choose your own adventure.

No, of course. So when Eric Fromm wrote, escape from freedom, it was that same idea that you can be paralyzed by so many choices. But I think that's wrong. I think you're only paralyzed by the choices if implicitly you believe there's a right and a wrong choice. And when you recognize that they're all equal, it just doesn't matter. It's easy to choose them. So it's choose your own adventure.

No, of course. So when Eric Fromm wrote, escape from freedom, it was that same idea that you can be paralyzed by so many choices. But I think that's wrong. I think you're only paralyzed by the choices if implicitly you believe there's a right and a wrong choice. And when you recognize that they're all equal, it just doesn't matter. It's easy to choose them. So it's choose your own adventure.

Exactly, yeah. Or make whatever you're doing an adventure. You know, if I can't be near the one I love, I should love the one I'm near.

Exactly, yeah. Or make whatever you're doing an adventure. You know, if I can't be near the one I love, I should love the one I'm near.

Exactly, yeah. Or make whatever you're doing an adventure. You know, if I can't be near the one I love, I should love the one I'm near.

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It reminds me of an argument back I guess when I was your age and the question was violence on TV. And we're kids being exposed to this violence, becoming more violent. And I never quite understood it because if you were my child and we were sitting there watching this violence, I go, oh. And you would see that my reaction to it was negative and you'd learn.

It reminds me of an argument back I guess when I was your age and the question was violence on TV. And we're kids being exposed to this violence, becoming more violent. And I never quite understood it because if you were my child and we were sitting there watching this violence, I go, oh. And you would see that my reaction to it was negative and you'd learn.

It reminds me of an argument back I guess when I was your age and the question was violence on TV. And we're kids being exposed to this violence, becoming more violent. And I never quite understood it because if you were my child and we were sitting there watching this violence, I go, oh. And you would see that my reaction to it was negative and you'd learn.

not to engage in that or to recognize, you know, the effects on other people. What I'm saying is that, you know, rather than the medium being the message, the medium, you know, people say to me, is technology good? Technology isn't anything, the tools. And if they're used mindfully, they're good. If they're used mindlessly, you know, they're not good. And And so I think it's silly.

not to engage in that or to recognize, you know, the effects on other people. What I'm saying is that, you know, rather than the medium being the message, the medium, you know, people say to me, is technology good? Technology isn't anything, the tools. And if they're used mindfully, they're good. If they're used mindlessly, you know, they're not good. And And so I think it's silly.

not to engage in that or to recognize, you know, the effects on other people. What I'm saying is that, you know, rather than the medium being the message, the medium, you know, people say to me, is technology good? Technology isn't anything, the tools. And if they're used mindfully, they're good. If they're used mindlessly, you know, they're not good. And And so I think it's silly.

You know, there's data showing that kids who are college kids, for example, who use a lot of social media have lower self-esteem and all of this. You know, and I present this to them and I say, this is silly. You're not now going to get off Facebook because of these data. But let's look at it. You're Harvard students, for God's sakes.