THE VIDEO SHELF · time perspective psychology
RSA ANIMATE: The Secret Powers of Time
An RSA Animate illustrating a lecture by psychologist Philip Zimbardo on how people's perspectives on time (past, present, future) shape work, health and well-being.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended in threads about culture and time orientation as an accessible presentation of Zimbardo's framework.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Royal Society of Arts
- Topic
- time perspective psychology
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2014
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
> There, the culture is to live by the day, because winter never comes and they don't need to prepare for hard seasons You might find this video interesting. Philip Zimbardo on Time. [VIDEO]
amirmc on Hacker News · 2012-12
In Facebook: Your Year in ReviewInstead of the linear, multi-active and cyclic times paradigm, another approach I found interesting is the one proposed by Philip Zimbardo neatly presented in this video: [VIDEO] It presents individuals as being either past, present or future oriented. Apparently, the closer we are to the …
blaze33 on Hacker News · 2014-06
In How Different Cultures Understand Time
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.