Time perspective
Subject in Social Sciences
Time perspective has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Philip ZimbardoLate American psychologist known for the Stanford Prison Experiment and time perspective theory
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
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
How we experience timeTED 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.