Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Ellen Langer
Born: March 25, 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Ellen Jane Langer is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, having in 1981 become the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard. Langer studies the illusion of control, decision-making, aging, and mindfulness theory.
Known for:
- The power of mindful learning (1997)
- Mindfulness (1989)
- The psychology of control (1983)