Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom
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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2009
http://www.ted.com Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for practical wisdom as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.
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PininfarinaIdealist 5 months ago
18:35 - That's *exactly* it!! We need to teach respect and character. That will drive society in a completely different direction. All we need to do is respect ourselves and each other, no matter what the other person believes or thinks. What a great speech!
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77777aol 6 months ago
P.S. I used to be a janitor. And nothing blasphemous here, if anything, quite the opposite, personal initiative is an expression of honoring the manifestation of the greater good that exists in every human being.
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Cmdrlucky8 6 days ago
Eloquently said!
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zetardel 1 week ago
this is one of the most important ted talks ive seen
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leconfidant 1 week ago
Any new atheists out there who can explain why science provides this kind of wisdom?
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outsky20051 1 week ago
You can see wisdom as moral, or you can see moral as wisdom. I prefer the later because wisdom is not only morally "right", but it is also the most efficient way to success (in the long run), and it is very fun as well.
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Yefatbastard 2 weeks ago
Until we has a people regain our compassion for each other the downward spiral will continue.
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sowetoninja 4 weeks ago
I agree that Obama is a hypocrite, but tell me, what politician is not? It doesn't matter if Hitler said those words, the words itself is still true and meaningful, even if the person saying it doesn't believe or practice it. This was an excellent talk, I hate that Obama is distracting everyone from this...
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canthemum 1 month ago
Obama is a classic narcissist. He lies, makes up facts about his life that didn't happen, take credit for things he did not do and thinks he is above the office he holds.
He is a permanent child, damaged by his childhood abandonment. Quoting Obama is ludicrous.
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Vulpini Canis-lupus 1 month ago
He did a good job but i still want to break his eyeglasses and nose !
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RoninDave 1 month ago
we have put rules before our sanity and souls. Look what happened recently at a supermarket in Georgia where the police restrained poor people from taking perfectly good food that was bound to the landfill because the landowners (sun trust bank) ordered it so.
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onlinecuriouse 1 month ago
I guess this is 2009, when Obama was still considered as the second coming of Jesus. Well... that didn't last.
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