Are we in control of our own decisions?

You think you’re an autonomous human being, right? Well, there’s a must-see TED video for you, then.

On Thinking Out of the Box

“An inspirational talk” doesn’t really describe the following video. Yossi Ghinsberg spoke at TEDxBratislava about his experiences from being lost in Amazon forests for weeks. He touched many interesting topics:

  • how society defines one’s personality
  • how competition and impression that “there is not enough of…” is not healthy
  • how one can enjoy life by taking responsibility for everything
  • how our true power is only revealed when we give it to others

…and how being happy is the most important thing, ever.

On mistaken expectations

A great TED talk (i’m addicted to them) about happiness, making a choice and expected value of our deeds. Dan is truly an inspiring speaker.