# You don't actually know what your future self wants

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Shankar Vedantam
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/shankar_vedantam_you_don_t_actually_know_what_your_future_self_wants)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vedantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.

## Lectures

1. [You don't actually know what your future self wants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/shankar_vedantam_you_don_t_actually_know_what_your_future_self_wants/f1fed5bc2deb), 15 min (TED's player)