16 Nov 2022

How time changes who you are

From Afternoons, 3:09 pm on 16 November 2022

Who you are today is not the same person you will be in the future. It sounds like a sensible statement, but too often we hold on to the belief that our future selves will share our current list of hopes and opinions. Shankar Vendantam calls this the illusion of continuity. He's the creator and host of the podcast Hidden Brain that challenges listeners to ask why we think the way we do. He explains how curiosity, humility and bravery will give our future selves something to thank us for.