Episode
Why you fear the unknown — and what it can teach you | Maya Shankar, Simone Stolzoff
- Podcast
- TED Talks Daily
- Published
- Jul 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3102
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- http://go.ted.com/shankarstolzoff
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-talks-daily-980370/episodes/why-you-fear-the-unknown-and-what-it-can-teach-you-maya-shankar-simone-stolzoff/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-talks-daily-980370/why-you-fear-the-unknown-and-what-it-can-teach-you-maya-shankar-simone-stolzoff.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar and author Simone Stolzoff have each spent years studying how people navigate uncertainty (and why it often feels so difficult). In this conversation, they discuss why your discomfort with not having the answers might be holding you back — and how leaning into life’s unpredictable moments can unlock resilience, growth and new possibilities. (This conversation was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. TED Membership is the best way to support and engage with the big ideas you love from TED. To learn more, visit ted.com/membership.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.