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Sure, you might feel as if your awareness of the incentive is what led you to strengthen your grip. But what this experiment suggests is that maybe this is an illusion. That’s not the only possible interpretation, but it’s a salient one, and it’s one the Buddha would probably warm to: you think you’re directing the movie, but you’re actually just watching it. Or, at the risk of turning this into a metaphor that’s impossible to wrap your mind around, the movie is directing you—unless you manage to liberate yourself from it.
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright
his popular TED Talks on creativity, Sir Ken Robinson emphasizes the importance of taking risks and making mistakes. “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original,” he explains. “We’re running education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make. We’re educating people out of their creative capacities.”
Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick, Ken Robinson
Basketball is an art form. The NBA is its own dance. It's kind of a beautiful ballet out there, and if you never get to actually be in it, you just don't learn it,” he says. “Until you go through the situation on a consistent basis, you can't be expected to perform on a consistent basis.”
"There Are No Shortcuts"
Dec Est
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