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Karen Thompson Walker: Wat angst ons kan leren

Filmed Jun 2012 • Posted Jan 2013TEDGlobal 2012
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Stel je voor dat je een schipbreukeling bent op drift in de enorme Stille Oceaan. Je kunt kiezen uit drie richtingen om jezelf en je scheepsmaten te redden, maar elke keuze houdt beangstigende consequenties in. Wat kies je? Door het verhaal van de walvisboot Essex te vertellen, laat romanschrijfster Karen Thompson Walker zien hoe angst onze verbeelding drijft, omdat hij ons dwingt ons de mogelijke versies van de toekomst voor te stellen en te bedenken hoe we ermee moeten omgaan.

Fiction writer Karen Thompson Walker explores the connection between fear and the imagination. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Rik Delaet
Reviewed by Els De Keyser
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