The Beauty of What We'll Never Know | Pico Iyer | TED

Almost 30 years ago, Pico Iyer took a trip to Japan, fell in love with the country and moved there. A keen observer of the human spirit, Iyer professes that he now feels he knows far less about Japan -- or, indeed, about anything -- than he thought he knew three decades ago. In this lyrical meditation on wisdom, Iyer expands on this curious insight about knowledge gained with age: that the more we know, the more we see how little we know.

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[arpitranka]

There's something beautiful about the way this man speaks!

[Saynthegod]

Being human is much more important than being fully sure. ♥️

[AnyaSiberia]

Secret to having a great life - saying "yes" to experiences!

[gerarddouchesr.]

"Some things are beyond the mind, thus beyond understanding. The mind has to realize it has limitations. All infinite and never-ending things are beyond the mind, and the essence of everything is infinite and never-ending."-a passage from "The Present" on *the truth contest site* ...it is time to see our limitations and just know the big picture of life. The book tells you the big picture.

[theodorakatsaros]

Love this, so therapeutic and calming.

[eddycaballero]

I keep watching this video and every single time. It just hits.

[taawunotaraqqi]

I got a lot from this talk... Must Appreciate....Great Work Done

[pandecocojam]

Beautiful and romantic.
I wonder though if Pico Iyer has ever been broke, and what his thoughts are on living with uncertainty - journeying through life - when you are poor.

[A-a-ron]

Anyone else think he sounds like Varus from Game of Thrones, like not only the way he sounds, but the manner in which he talks?

[mackenzief]

this is such a calming talk, definitely taking this on board.

[RA-bzcy]

"You're only as strong as your readiness to surrender".

[jimorayan]

إجيت من قناة دروس أون لاين أستاذ أحمد ، مشكور على الفيديو

[Mortal]

I've been scared of the idea of going to a foreign country with a language I didn't understand like Japan because... well, I've always said "what if I mess up on some matter of hospitality or something" and "I don't know how I would handle surviving there with the language barrier alone" (plus the additional fear of having gone to the country but not done enough), but I forgot (or perhaps didn't even know) that one point of travelling was to plunge into the unknown, into places I wouldn't be (in more than one sense) otherwise...

[Chris-kwnx]

I think it's beautiful to never know what happened to Trump's hair.

[vaibhavgupta]

he has given so many great ted talk. he is like dan ariely.

[ThinkerThunker]

Funny that some think the message here is that we should all travel.

[Ending]

Somehow he reminds me of robin williams. :)

[sandywellsart]

His voice narrates a travel series of commercials for AirBnb

[denver]

thank's a lot TED u are the only shiny thing in internrt