Government shutdown. Study sections cancelled. Program officers worried about their jobs.
You know, I really try to tune out the news. But it comes through anyway, right? And if you're a scientist or researcher, you're not just reading about it—you're living it.
Here's what I've noticed, though: when something like this hits, my brain immediately spins out into all the worst-case scenarios. Maybe yours does too. It's almost automatic—we imagine all the bad things that could happen.
Why We've Lost the Ability to Imagine Anything Good
In this video, I talk about something we don't discuss enough: imagination. Not the Disney kind. The kind that actually shapes how we respond to what's happening around us.
Watch it here.
