Do You Really Have Free Will?
Do you really have free will over who you date, where you work or what you buy, and what does it mean if you don't? Four thought leaders on decision making grapple with this question.
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Your impact checklist
Here are a list of things you can do before and after the event to join the conversation.
- Check out Bela Gandhi’s Smart Dating Academy.
- Take an honest look at your own hidden biases with Harvard’s implicit bias test. You may take the test as a guest.
- Remember Marvin Chun's "trolley" example: When you make any decision, consider the utilitarian perspective of your choice as much as you consider the emotional.
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Dig deeper into the science of choice by picking up a copy of Sheena Iyengar’s new book The Art of Choosing, Charles Duhigg’s Smarter Faster Better and Al Pittampalli’s Read This Before Our Next Meeting.
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Run meetings that are more effective by embracing Al Pittampalli’s tips for “How to Run an Effective Meeting”
Do you have ideas on what our community can do to get involved? Tell us at our Facebook page and we may add it to this list.
Science of Choice
Do you really have free will over who you date, where you work or what you buy, and what does it mean if you don't?
You chose your career path, your partner, your wardrobe, the groceries in your fridge and the people you follow on Instagram. Or did you? Learn from cutting-edge scientists, relationship experts and others about the forces at play inside your brain that influence your choices, and take a sobering look at the true meaning of free will.
