Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret

http://www.ted.com We're taught to try to live life without regret. But why? Using her own tattoo as an example, Kathryn Schulz makes a powerful and moving case for embracing our regrets.

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[Daniel Dunlap]

I feel like this video is best watched if you are one of the people who have experienced traumatic, enduring regret.

[trzeppelinz]

Listening comprehension. 11.5m was a figure for hits for a Google search. 7m was the number of people who regret tattoos. The latter number was not calculated from the former.  7m represented 17% of the total number of people who have tattoos.

[arien14]

I think she may be referring to a more extreme/extensive form of lobotomy.

[arien14]

A compass I believe.

[Krishnan Chatterjee]

We have a song where we made similar discovery - The Sigh by Contraband.

[valentin lorencic]

/watch?v=i14CDCBflc0 tatoo removal, you`re welcome

[valentin lorencic]

13:40 tatoos are not permanent! And besides it looks quite nice

[In2hardcore]

If you regret regret, don't regret that you regret regret. You'll Regret it.

[Michael Knight]

Stupid speech. All in this world is determinded in two levels, extension (bodies and objects) and thought ( conscious beings), and it's all determined by rules, original movements of the mind that can be classify and studied, basicly desire-pleasure (titillatio) and sadness.

[Patricia Ben]

ergerht

[Katia Diamond]

yes. yes. yes.

[Jeremy Fellows]

so what was the tattoo she got?