All posts tagged "TED talk"
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Trust, Morality – and Oxytocin
At TEDxSiliconValley – What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin...
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Battling Bad Science
At TEDxSiliconValley, Battling Bad Science, Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence...
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The Power of Vulnerability
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Power of Vulnerability , Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love....
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The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods), A magician and illusionist for the 21st century, Marco...
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Why are Boys Struggling?
At TEDxSiliconValley, Psychologist Philip Zimbardo asks, “Why are boys struggling?” He shares some stats (lower graduation rates, greater...
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Orgasm: The Cure for Hunger in the Western Woman
At TEDxSiliconValley, Nicole Daedone focuses on the intersection between orgasm, intimacy, and life. She is the founder of...
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Taking imagination seriously!
Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing — which forced her...
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Moral Operating System
At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more — and...
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Distant Time and the Hint of a Multiverse
At TEDxCaltech, cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks – in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time...
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The Hidden Power of Smiling
Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your...
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What’s the World Worth?
We cannot manage what we do not measure, says Pavan Sukhdev, special advisor to the United Nation’s Environment...
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3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in...
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Inspiring a Life of Immersion
We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk,...
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Responsibility to Be Human
See and feel the depth and passion of Viktor Frankl in this 3 part Video Series of Responsibility to...
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How to Make Work-Life Balance Work
Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. At...
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Protecting the Brain
In a lively talk from TEDxDU, neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens makes the case for better protecting our brains against...
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How To Live Before You Die
At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to...
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What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola
At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola,...
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Crowd Accelerated Innovation
TED’s Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated...
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This Is Broken
Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives...
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The Empathic Civilization
In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound...
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Science Fiction Reality – GUI Design
Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping,...
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Cultivating Creativity
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of...
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Photos that Changed the World
Photographs do more than document history — they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images...
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How to Start a Movement
With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)
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Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize Wish
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., 2010 TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes...
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John Lloyd Inventories the Invisible
Nature’s mysteries meet tack-sharp wit in this hilarious, 10-minute mix of quips and fun lessons, as comedian, writer...
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A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two...
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Wiring a Web for Global Good
We’re at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today’s interconnectedness...
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Odes to vice and consequences
Media big shot Felix Dennis roars his fiery, funny, sometimes racy original poetry, revisiting haunting memories and hard-won...
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Lost In Our Wisdom
Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with...
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The Stuff of Thought
In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how...
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Magical Improv from 14-year-old Pianist
A magical performance by pianist and composer Jennifer Lin, then only 14. Jennifer talks about the process of...
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My Stroke of Insight
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realised she...
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Life at 30,000 feet
When Richard Branson was at school, his headmaster predicted he would wind up either a millionaire or in...
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Why Design?
Legendary designer Philippe Starck — with no pretty slides behind him — spends 18 minutes reaching for the...
