How music helps us embrace uncertainty | Ziming Guan

Okay, it's nice to see you all here. So, good evening. Before we start, um, okay, how do you calculate the value of a melody that made you cry at 2 a.m. How could you chart the course of the rhythm that struck you like lightning. You can't easily do that, right.And yet that's exactly the problem. We live in a world that emphasizes predictability and certainty. Philosopher Bjon Troll Han once wrote that we live in a performance society where even rest is judged by its ability to increase productivity.For man ...