About this episode
In this episode, Sunil Rao discusses the importance of attention and building resilient systems rather than making perfect predictions about the future.
Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Four weeks ago, I shared an excerpt titled – ‘ Making Accurate Predictions and Uncertainty ’ from the blog-post titled ‘ Can We Make More Accurate Predictions in Economics? ’ by Ayubkhon Azamov writer, translator and educator with a background in economics.In this episode we drew attention to the point that our true strength lies not in flawlessly guessing tomorrow, but in building systems capable of withstanding whatever tomorrow brings. And getting to the truth of what lies ahead is approached neither with blind faith nor with total skepticism, but with a reasonable balance. Now, SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) to the ones paying heed, is where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and the importance of your attention, because , ‘Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to’. Attention: is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been…
People in this episode
Host: Sunil Rao
Topics covered
- predictions
- attention
- economics
- self-improvement
- Ayurveda
Keywords
- predictions
- attention
- economics
- self-improvement
- Ayurveda
- Dr. Robert Svoboda
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