Philip Zimbardo

Late American psychologist known for the Stanford Prison Experiment and time perspective theory

Philip Zimbardo (Late American psychologist known for the Stanford Prison Experiment and time perspective theory) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Time perspective, Stanford prison experiment.

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Time perspective

  • Zimbardo says that after rebalancing his own excessive future orientation, he became more energetic, productive, and happy at 76.

    “So at 76 years old, I am more energetic than ever, more productive, and I'm happier than I have ever been”

    TED Radio Hour: How we experience time (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 48:34

  • Zimbardo states the optimal time profile is high past-positive, moderately high future, moderate present hedonism, and low past negative and fatalism.

    “High on past positive, moderately high on future, and moderate on present hedonism. And always low on past negative and present fatalism”

    TED Radio Hour: How we experience time (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 47:25

  • Zimbardo argues people automatically divide experience into time zones and become biased by overusing some perspectives.

    “the problem is they become biased because you learn to overuse some of them and underuse the others”

    TED Radio Hour: How we experience time (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 47:48

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Stanford prison experiment

  • Zimbardo describes randomly assigning participants to be guards or prisoners, with prisoners living there around the clock.

    “I randomly assigned them. Half was going to be guards, half was going to be prisoners”

    TED Radio Hour: How we experience time (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 45:25

Philip Zimbardo on Stanford prison experiment →

Appearances

  • How we experience time

    TED Radio Hour · Oct 23, 2026 · 50 min

    Manoush Zomorodi explores how humans experience time with artist Katie Paterson, neuroscientist Irena Arslanova, conductor Robert Franz, and psychologist Philip Zimbardo.

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