Karen Thompson Walker
Author & Novelist | Exploring the Psychology of Uncertainty
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Karen Thompson Walker is the author of the acclaimed novels 'The Age of Miracles' and 'The Dreamers'. A graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program, her fiction has been published in over 35 languages.
Walker's TED Talk exploring the psychology of fear and uncertainty has been viewed over 5 million times. In her engaging talks, she draws on her background in creative writing and her fascination with the power of the imagination to help audiences navigate life's unpredictable challenges.
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What fear can teach us
Imagine you're a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates -- but each choice comes with a fearful consequence too. How do you choose? In telling the story of the whaleship Essex, novelist Karen Thompson Walker shows how fear propels imagination, as it forces us to imagine the possible futures and how to cope with them.
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