Please join us for New Bedford Science Café, Tues., 3/3, from 6 to 8 p.m., The Last Round Bar & Grille, 908 Purchase St., New Bedford
Maggie Jackson, award-winning author and science writer, will discuss “Cringeworthy: Discovering the Overlooked Promise of Awkwardness.” In a time of fear and flux, awkwardness seems to be just another unwelcome wrench in the works, a disruption best avoided. But new research reveals this state of mind can unexpectedly help, not hinder, human well-being.
Maggie will share the role that awkwardness and other aversive states such as uncertainty play in fostering mutual understanding and resilience. By spotlighting a rupture in the social fabric, awkward moments invite us to pause, tune into hidden realities, and co-create new understanding. Far more than a comic punchline, awkwardness is a facet of humanity that we can no longer afford to ignore and avoid.
A former Boston Globe columnist, Maggie is the author most recently of Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure, a National Book Award nominee. Her books will be for sale.
Free parking in rear of building.
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