The post draws its insights from Tali Sharot’s “The Optimism Bias” and Martin Seligman’s work on “learned optimism” and “learned helplessness” to explain how our brains are both naturally optimistic and can perceive powerlessness.
The post draws its insights from Tali Sharot’s “The Optimism Bias” and Martin Seligman’s work on “learned optimism” and “learned helplessness” to explain how our brains are both naturally optimistic and can perceive powerlessness.
