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Education
Cry Wolf: When Experience Becomes Fateful

Shlomo Breznitz Ph.D. on May 16, 2012

Experience, once it leads to automatic routines, can be detrimental. The fast and efficient reactions become out of our control and prevent us from making the necessary adjustments in slightly altered circumstances. Here is yet another potential danger of prior experience.

Experience, once it leads to automatic routines, can be detrimental. The fast and efficient reactions become out of our control and prevent us from making the necessary adjustments in slightly altered circumstances. Here is yet another potential danger of prior experience.

Wisdom
Experience Is a Package Deal

Shlomo Breznitz Ph.D. on May 1, 2012

The title of our forthcoming book, Maximum Brainpower: Challenging the Brain for Health and Wisdom, could just as well have been The Many Dangers of Experience. By that I do not mean that sometimes we have to go through major negative experiences that adversely impact our lives. Rather, it is experience, irrespective of its content, that often leads us into trouble.

The title of our forthcoming book, Maximum Brainpower: Challenging the Brain for Health and Wisdom, could just as well have been The Many Dangers of Experience. By that I do not mean that sometimes we have to go through major negative experiences that adversely impact our lives. Rather, it is experience, irrespective of its content, that often leads us into trouble.