Future You
TED Radio Hour
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The Illusion of Continuity: Why We Don't Imagine Our Future Selves Differently
Shankar Vedantam, journalist and host of podcast Hidden Brain, reflects on how his life has changed over the past three decades. He notes that while we can see the changes in our past selves, we tend to assume that we will remain the same in the future, despite the inevitable changes brought by AI and climate change. He calls this the illusion of continuity.
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