How much will you change in the future? More than you think - Bence Nanay
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Time and time again, we’ve failed to predict that the technologies of the present will change the future. Recently, a similar pattern was discovered in our individual lives: we’re unable to predict change in ourselves. But is there anything wrong with assuming that who we are now is who we will continue to be? Bence Nanay details the consequences of seeing ourselves as finished products.
We systematically misrepresent how much we change in the future. What could be a possible explanation of this? How does this ‘illusion’ make our life easier?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Bence Nanay
- Director John R. Dilworth
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Sound Designer William Hohauser
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Francisco Diez
