Friday, September 19, 2008

Food For Your Moral Mind

If you've got 19 minutes free & you want to abolish the self-righteous political haze that's swirling around us in favor of a little perspective, check out Jonathan Haidt's speech at TED:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was awesome John, thanks. I'm going to try to step outside that matrix while directing the show. Loved the comparison to buddhism.

Anonymous said...

how about this one:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html

Catron said...

Very good. Although Mr. Zimbardo seemed out of breath for most of the presentation, trying to fit everything into the TED timetable, he's a remarkable researcher and gives some fascinating insight into the psychology of evil & heroism. Truly pertinent to Animal Farm.