TED Talk:
What fear can teach us
By:
Karen Thompson Walker
Rating:
****+* (amazing)
This
TED Talk by Karen Walker is absolutely amazing, I thought it was so
moving and left me pondering. “Fear is ... a kind of unintentional
storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do”. This is one
of many thought filled, gripping and moving lines Karen uses during
her speech, that I found really shook me to the core.
Through
out the TED Talk Karen refers back to the story of the whaleship the
Essex, she does this because the sailors the sailors fear made them
chose the choice that had probably been the most dangerous than the
other 2 options because it seemed less fearful at the time, compared
to sailing through storms or to an island inhabited by so called
cannibals. Karen then shows us how fear propels imagination as it
forces us to imagine the possible futures and how to cope with them
as well.
As
I said earlier, this TED Talk really left me pondering, I thought
about my own fears and how fearful they are right now but in the long
run they're but mere specks compared to some stuff I had never even
considered such as; a dependable job and source of income. Because as
Karen states “Fear is a way to glimpse what might be the future,
when there still is time to influence how that future will play out”.
Personally I thought this TED Talk was superb and would highly
recommend it to anyone to watch because it can really change the way
you look at life.
TED
Talk -Karen Thompson Walker - What fear can teach us. Accessed
January 16th
2013
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