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The paradox of value

Akshita Agarwal · TED

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Imagine you're on a game show and you can choose between two prizes: a diamond ... or a bottle of water. It's an easy choice – the diamonds are more valuable. But if given the same choice when you were dehydrated in the desert, after wandering for days, would you choose differently? Why? Aren't diamonds still more valuable? Akshita Agarwal explains the paradox of value. [Directed by Qa'ed Mai, narrated by Julianna Zarzycki].

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Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Akshita Agarwal
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Philosophy
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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