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Beau Lotto: Thriving in Uncertain Times

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Visual perception can be misleading: our brains interpret what our eyes see by imposing meaning that has historically been useful, but may no longer be useful when the world is changing rapidly. In this presentation for the World Economic Forum, Beau Lotto, Professor of Neurobiology at University College London, discusses how to see differently – including through science and play – and asks how to educate children to thrive in a world that does not yet exist.

[Source: World Economic Forum You Tube channel]