TED Talks

David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy? (2014x74)

Date de diffusion: Avr 14, 2014

Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, love — the values that make for a great eulogy. (Joseph Soloveitchik has called these selves "Adam I" and "Adam II.") Brooks asks: Can we balance these two selves?