TED笔记21：乐观的偏见
Thinking about the optimism bias: Tali Sharot at TED2012
The talk is full of humorous enlightenment about optimism bias. That is to say, we tend to be more optimistic about our life. We stand better chance to get promoted, find love, have great achievement in the work, and stay healthy. Relatively speaking, we believe we are luckier and better than our common folks. It’s our instinct to anticipate the better from ourselves.
At times, I hold my expectations low so that I won’t get too disappointed if things don’t turn out as I anticipated. But deep down inside, I know another part of me still calls for this slim possibility. I am really not the type of optimistic guy, ain’t I? Or else I won’t use slim. But hope is a good thing. It helps us strengthen our confidence and enhance our sense of happiness. Even if we don’t get what we want, we don’t have anything more to lose. Things are as simple as that.
Imagine what use could it be if you find your lowered expectation is right. You still can’t help feeling being failed. As a result, why don’t be happy and hopeful when things proceed? Let the outcome deal with the outcome.
But, as the old saying goes, there’s always a flip side. Overdrinking, for example, remains a problem for many people. And it’s odd that they know the bad results that will come about, but still keep drinking. The optimism bias convinces them that overdrinking is bad, but the bad is for others. However, what makes you can get away with it?
So optimism bias is swaying between the positive and negative. How can we treat this instinctual reaction? We can’t make it go away even if related researches pop up. As Sharot says, the best way to benefit from optimism bias is to maintain hopeful, while taking precautionary measures.
jittery adj.: nervous
pitfall 缺陷
Remarriage is a triumph of hope over experience. 【LOL
The talk is full of humorous enlightenment about optimism bias. That is to say, we tend to be more optimistic about our life. We stand better chance to get promoted, find love, have great achievement in the work, and stay healthy. Relatively speaking, we believe we are luckier and better than our common folks. It’s our instinct to anticipate the better from ourselves.
At times, I hold my expectations low so that I won’t get too disappointed if things don’t turn out as I anticipated. But deep down inside, I know another part of me still calls for this slim possibility. I am really not the type of optimistic guy, ain’t I? Or else I won’t use slim. But hope is a good thing. It helps us strengthen our confidence and enhance our sense of happiness. Even if we don’t get what we want, we don’t have anything more to lose. Things are as simple as that.
Imagine what use could it be if you find your lowered expectation is right. You still can’t help feeling being failed. As a result, why don’t be happy and hopeful when things proceed? Let the outcome deal with the outcome.
But, as the old saying goes, there’s always a flip side. Overdrinking, for example, remains a problem for many people. And it’s odd that they know the bad results that will come about, but still keep drinking. The optimism bias convinces them that overdrinking is bad, but the bad is for others. However, what makes you can get away with it?
So optimism bias is swaying between the positive and negative. How can we treat this instinctual reaction? We can’t make it go away even if related researches pop up. As Sharot says, the best way to benefit from optimism bias is to maintain hopeful, while taking precautionary measures.
jittery adj.: nervous
pitfall 缺陷
Remarriage is a triumph of hope over experience. 【LOL
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