Kathryn Schulz’s TED Talk, “On being wrong” addressed a topic that people tend to associate with being unsuccessful. Schulz disagreed with this belief, saying that being wrong is what leads to great successes in life. She spoke with passion and told stories during her presentation. She also used visuals and provided an analogy in her presentation that compared the Coyote and Roadrunner television show to what being wrong feels like. This metaphor helped to transition Schulz’ Talk.
Schulz mirrored what Pink has been discussing in chapter Symphony. Both Schulz and Pink have described that the people who have the ability to see the world as it can be (the inventors as Pink refers to them) will be successful in the future. They both said in one way or another the most successful people were at one time, wrong. In education, being wrong means that you have failed, and as Schulz said, that there is something wrong with us. Yet, it has been proven time and time again in history that being wrong doesn’t necessarily mean that you have failed. Sometimes the best of things come out of being wrong. Things such as the microwave oven, post it notes, and even silly putty. It seems that progress is made by being wrong and making discoveries and failing. How do we incorporate this idea into education? I believe we need to not emphasize being correct, as much as we need to emphasize the discovery and learning that lead to the answer. What does that look like? Well, I believe that it will take many attempts and maybe a few people being wrong to get us to that place. Why does this matter to the world? This matters because there is no progress or change without the fundamental human instinct to be wrong. In a world that has many people searching for change, being wrong is the way. Success exists in discovery and without first being wrong, that discovery cannot come to light. The assumption that being wrong also means failing is a belief that needs to be changed in order to change the world.
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