John Green Wants You to Pay Attention to Your Attention
Summary
Author John Green joins Adam Grant to discuss his book, "The Anthropocene Reviewed," which reviews aspects of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. Inspired by illness and the call to pay attention to what he pays attention to, John explores the subjective nature of reviews, attention as a core resource for finding wonder and purpose, and views writing as a gift. They discuss insights on motivation, creativity, dealing with failure, and finding flow, drawing lessons from therapy, Mario Kart, and the paradox of human power.Episode description
Do you pay attention to your attention? John Green is the beloved author of The Fault In Our Stars, and when he started tracking his attention, he realized he was obsessed with evaluating human progress. He decided to start rating everything—from the capacity for human wonder to Canadian geese—on a five-point scale. In this deeply thoughtful conversation with Adam, John shares what he learned from his series of Yelp-style reviews, the gift of a great book, and the unexpected life lessons found in the last lap of Mario Kart. Read the full text transcript at go.ted.com/T4G8
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