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How much do we rely upon certainty And how does the way we deal with uncertainty impact our future and our lives

Uncertainty is one of the defining issues of our time Certainty has a habit of slipping away further into our futures and we now have to deal with the uncertainties of our present every day The stability we once had is disappearing and fast Vast changes in society are shifting our realities An earthshaking global pandemic changing attitudes and approaches to employment with an increase in freelance and temporary work undermines peoples ability to plan for the future And there is an ever decreasing sense of trust in what was once hallowed the government the media education religion medicine Instead we use the internet which provides us with a wave of conflicting advice

When we can no longer make sense of the world together insecurity takes over We develop anxiety and confusion about our purpose and in searching for certainty find it in autocratic leaders and populism Democracy begins to fade as our uncertainty grows

If we are aware of our need for certainty and understand why we behave instinctively in the way that we do we can better understand how to deal with stress and pressure We can start to make decisions that arent informed by anxiety We can shed light not only on historical trends but understand how we change those trends forever for a better future

2023 Arie Kruglanski P2023 Penguin Audio