TED Talks Daily (#1) Elise’s Top Ten: The psychology of your future self | Dan Gilbert
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Sep 20, 2025 AI Snips
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Regrets From Past Selves
- Gilbert gives everyday examples of decisions our past selves regret, like tattoos and marriages.
- These examples illustrate how past choices often clash with who we become later.
End Of History Illusion
- People at any age underestimate how much they will change over the next decade.
- This "end of history illusion" shows we wrongly think our current self is permanent.
Change Slows Less Than You Think
- Change does slow with age but not as much as people expect.
- At every age people vastly underestimate ten-year changes in values and personality.