Kathryn Schulz is a journalist whose freelance writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and The Boston Globe, among other publications.
She also wrote “The Wrong Stuff,” a blog on Slate (magazine), and contributes to the Freakonomics blog at The New York Times.
Schulz began her career in journalism writing for the now-defunct Feed Magazine, one of the earliest online magazines. From 2001 to 2006, she was the editor of the online environmental magazine Grist. Before that, she was a reporter and editor for The Santiago Times, of Santiago, Chile, where she covered environmental, labor, and human rights issues. She was a 2004 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in International Journalism (now the International Reporting Project), and has reported from throughout Central and South America, Japan and the Middle East. Schulz is a graduate of Brown University. Schulz was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and currently resides in New York state.
Reviewing her book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Dwight Garner wrote "Ms. Schulz’s book is a funny and philosophical meditation on why error is mostly a humane, courageous and extremely desirable human trait. She flies high in the intellectual skies, leaving beautiful sunlit contrails." Daniel Gilbert described her as "a warm, witty and welcome presence who confides in her readers rather than lecturing them. It doesn't hurt that she combines lucid prose with perfect comic timing...."
She also wrote “The Wrong Stuff,” a blog on Slate (magazine), and contributes to the Freakonomics blog at The New York Times.
Schulz began her career in journalism writing for the now-defunct Feed Magazine, one of the earliest online magazines. From 2001 to 2006, she was the editor of the online environmental magazine Grist. Before that, she was a reporter and editor for The Santiago Times, of Santiago, Chile, where she covered environmental, labor, and human rights issues. She was a 2004 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in International Journalism (now the International Reporting Project), and has reported from throughout Central and South America, Japan and the Middle East. Schulz is a graduate of Brown University. Schulz was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and currently resides in New York state.
Reviewing her book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Dwight Garner wrote "Ms. Schulz’s book is a funny and philosophical meditation on why error is mostly a humane, courageous and extremely desirable human trait. She flies high in the intellectual skies, leaving beautiful sunlit contrails." Daniel Gilbert described her as "a warm, witty and welcome presence who confides in her readers rather than lecturing them. It doesn't hurt that she combines lucid prose with perfect comic timing...."
Afraid of being wrong? Probably that’s a huge mental block ingrained into us. But look back into the past tense and realize how many times we all have been wrong and made mistakes, from silly ones to major life-changing errors of judgment. Kathryn’s talk teaches us about putting our error blindness aside and admitting to ourselves that we can be wrong. Our not-knowing everything can often lead to new discoveries about our own selves and the world around us.
It’s not only these TED Talks, but all other on the website are small nudges of motivation. The speakers themselves are achievers but not infallible humans themselves, sharing their life experiences and knowledge. Today, they are on that platform because they had the courage to shatter their own mental blocks and follow their life passions. If they can, we surely can.
What’s holding you back?
Courtesy: TED & Wikipedia
It’s not only these TED Talks, but all other on the website are small nudges of motivation. The speakers themselves are achievers but not infallible humans themselves, sharing their life experiences and knowledge. Today, they are on that platform because they had the courage to shatter their own mental blocks and follow their life passions. If they can, we surely can.
What’s holding you back?
Courtesy: TED & Wikipedia
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