All posts tagged "TED talk"
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The Politics of Fiction
Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel...
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The Power of Believing that you can improve
The power of believing that you can improve, Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we...
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Overcoming Bias
Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we’ve seen in the cases of Michael Brown in...
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The Danger of Silence
“We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to...
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The Conscience of Television
At TEDxSiliconValley, TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that...
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How to Fascinate
In today’s world of 9-second attention spans, our introductions mean more-than-ever before. Sally Hogshead reveals the seven triggers...
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Lighting Peace
Colombia is a country of exceptional beauty and promise, and it’s also a country where the F.A.R.C. guerrilla...
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Self Esteem Project
About 10,000 people a month Google the phrase, “Am I ugly?” Meaghan Ramsey of the Dove Self-Esteem Project...
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Doorway to Wonder
Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn’t children’s books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about...
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Animal Madness
Behind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs...
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Tips from Ted
While captivating an audience is a skill that takes years to develop, there are some simple ways to...
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Teddy’s Bear
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt legendarily spared the life of a black bear — and prompted a plush...
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Four in the Morning
Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a...
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Parenting Goals
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it’s “a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic,” as writer...
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Embracing the Near Win
At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying:...
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Can the Brain Repair Itself?
After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells...
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The Young Entepreneur
Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to...
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Don’t Know About Happy Marriages?
TED Talk – In this funny, casual talk from TEDx, writer Jenna McCarthy shares surprising research on how...
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Does Money Make You Mean?
It’s amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist...
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Is the Human Brain Special?
The human brain is puzzling — it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a...
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Ted talk – Want to be happy?
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says...
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Our Shared Condition
Philosopher John Searle lays out the case for studying human consciousness — and systematically shoots down some of...
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Cloud Joy
You don’t need to plan an exotic trip to find creative inspiration. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney,...
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Future of Jobs
Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs — or at least the kinds...
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30 Is Not The New 20, Why?
30 Is Not The New 20, Why? Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twenty somethings:...
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Championing Our Children
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like...
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The Mind Behind…
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits...
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Cloud School
Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the...
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Manhood and Star Wars
At TED Talk – When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of Star Wars, he was instantly obsessed....
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Photo Bond
At TED – A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding...
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Nature. Beauty. Gratitude
At TED – Nature’s beauty can be easily missed — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning...
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Help
At TED – When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they...
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Smart Failures
At TED – The world is changing much more rapidly than most people realize, says business educator Eddie...
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Before I Die I Want To…
At TED -In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into...
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Psychopath Test
At TED – Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon...
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Gaming for Health
At TED – When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she...
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The Magic Washing Machine
At TEDxSiliconValley – What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for...
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A Call to Men
At TEDxSiliconValley – Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful...
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Suddenly My Body
At TEDxSiliconValley – Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen,...
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Compassion and the True Meaning of Empathy
>At TEDxSiliconValley – Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice...
