👁Can you outsmart the college admissions fallacy?
🧠Elizabeth Cox
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣It's 1990. A prospective student has filed a complaint about Virginia Military institute's admissions policy that excludes women. The state argues that VMI's single sex education is an "important governmental objective" and that the exclusion of women from VMI is essential to that objective. Can you spot the problem with this argument? Elizabeth Cox explores the circular reasoning fallacy. [Directed by TOGETHER, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott].
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#education #TED_Ed #history #animation #law #gender #United_States

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👁The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR
🧠Craig Richard
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣A curious, quiet revolution of sound has taken over the internet. Physiologist Craig Richard explains the soothing brain science of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), tracking its rise in popularity and why this fascinating phenomenon is so relaxing to millions of people around the world.
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#science #TEDx #Internet #brain #neuroscience #sleep #mental_health

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👁How to preserve your private life in the age of social media
🧠Bryce Dallas Howard
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Growing up in the public eye, multi-hyphenate creator Bryce Dallas Howard experienced the familiar pressure to share her life with the world on social media. But with her mother's steadfast guidance, Howard learned to set personal boundaries and savor the beauty of private moments. In this personal talk, she draws on three generations of family wisdom to remind us that "a private life makes a public life worth living."
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#social_media #mindfulness #self #family #personal_growth #media #relationships #Life

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👁History vs. Thomas Jefferson
🧠Frank Cogliano
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America's fight for freedom and equality. But in his personal life, he held over 600 people in slavery. Are his enlightened principles outweighed by his participation in a greater injustice? Frank Cogliano puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Thomas Jefferson. [Directed by Brett Underhill, PorkchopBob Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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#education #TED_Ed #history #United_States #leadership #animation #Slavery

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👁Ethical dilemma: Would you lie?
🧠Sarah Stroud
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Your plan to set up your friend Carey with your acquaintance Emerson is finally coming together. You've made them a dinner reservation, but suddenly realize that there's a problem: Carey is always late. You really want this relationship to work— what if you told Carey dinner was at 6 instead of 6:30, so they arrived on time? Is it okay to lie? Sarah Stroud explores this classic ethical dilemma. [Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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#TED_Ed #education #ethics #animation #philosophy #psychology #decision_making

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👁How to do laundry when you're depressed
🧠KC Davis
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Ever had a hard time doing daily household tasks -- cooking, cleaning, laundry -- and felt like a terrible person for struggling in the first place? Therapist KC Davis is here to flip that negative internalized script with a simple yet perspective-shifting fact that may change your approach to life. Learn a gentler, more practical approach to mental health as Davis shares hard-won wisdom and helpful shortcuts on how to get by when you feel like you've barely got it together.
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#mental_health #personal_growth #TEDx #compassion #psychology

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👁You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one
🧠Majora Carter
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Low-status neighborhoods in the US are often stuck between stagnating assistance from the government and gentrification at the hands of real estate developers. The result is that the brightest minds are convinced that "success" means leaving town. Urban revitalizer Majora Carter has a solution: What if we treated these communities like struggling companies? She presents a restorative economic approach to capitalism, which seeks to retain talent, build resilient communities and prove that you don't have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.
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#business #investing #community #social_change #capitalism #activism #government #United_States #cities

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👁How play helps a kid's brain grow
🧠Jesse Ilhardt
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣A little bit of playtime can have big benefits for a child's developing brain, like a superfood -- but adult participation is a crucial ingredient for best results. Early-education leader Jesse Ilhardt makes the case for you to put down the phone, pick up the make-believe tea cup (or that blanket-superhero cape) and take the time to experiment with imagination during kids' most formative learning years.
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#TEDx #kids #brain #parenting #creativity #neuroscience #personal_growth #psychology #science

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👁Ugly History: Cambodian Genocide
🧠Timothy Williams
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣From 1975 to 1979, the Communist Party of Kampuchea ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating a genocide that killed one fourth of the country's population. Roughly one million people were executed as suspected political enemies or due to their ethnicities, and another million died of starvation, disease, or overwork. How did this happen? Timothy Williams details the rise of the Khmer Rouge. [Directed by Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet, narrated by Safia Elhillo, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#education #TED_Ed #violence #animation #Asia #war #history

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👁3 ways to make flying more climate-friendly
🧠Ryah Whalen
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Air travel opens our eyes to the world, but it also comes at a high cost to the environment. Piloting us into a future of green aviation, innovator Ryah Whalen shares three ways to lower the industry's carbon footprint through smarter designs, eco-friendly fuel and new technology -- so we can continue to explore the planet without hurting it.
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#travel #environment #Countdown #innovation #climate_change #technology

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👁The best way to apologize (according to science)
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Over the years, people have come up with some truly awful apologies. From classic non-apologies, to evasive excuses, and flimsy corporate promises, it's all too easy to give a bad apology. Good apologies generally share certain elements, and considering these factors can help you make amends in a variety of situations. Explore what to do— and not to do— in order to deliver an authentic apology. [Directed Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action agency, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁3 ways to end a virus
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the observable universe. Even so, viruses can and do go extinct. So, what is the possibility of the virus that causes COVID-19 going extinct? Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by George Zaidan].
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#TED_Ed #animation #education #disease #virus #Vaccines #coronavirus #science #medical_research

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👁Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy
🧠Sara Lomelin
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Philanthropy disruptor Sara Lomelin thinks communities can build power through collective giving and the model of "giving circles": groups of people with shared values who come together to make change, strengthen their social fabric and help diverse solutions get funded. Learn the four steps to start a thriving giving circle in your community -- and see how thousands of people worldwide are already part of this movement to usher in a new era of philanthropy that is democratic and joyful.
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#community #society #leadership #philanthropy #social_change #inclusion #activism

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👁The science of falling in love
🧠Shannon Odell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Love is often described as heartwarming, heart-wrenching, or even heartbreaking— and your brain is responsible for all these feelings. The journey from first spark to the last tear is guided by a symphony of neurochemicals and brain systems. Shannon Odell explores what happens in your brain when you fall in love, how it responds to a relationship, and how it reacts to a breakup. [Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Samuel Bellingham].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #love #relationships #brain #emotions #neuroscience

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👁How does heart transplant surgery work?
🧠Roni Shanoada
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But unlike skin and bones, the heart has a limited ability to repair itself. So if this organ is severely damaged, there's often only one medical solution: replacing it. Roni Shanoada explores how this complex and intricate procedure works. [Directed by Alexia Roider, Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson].
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#animation #health_care #TED_Ed #heart #Surgery #medicine #education #biology #health

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👁Humanity's search for cosmic truth and poetic beauty
🧠Maria Popova
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an animated excerpt of "My God, It's Full of Stars," by Tracy K. Smith)
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#science #universe #technology #astronomy #space #telescopes

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👁This is the moment to take on the climate crisis
🧠Al Gore
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Lighting up the TED stage, Nobel laureate Al Gore takes stock of the current state of climate progress and calls attention to institutions that have failed to honor their promises by continuing to pour money into polluting sectors. He explains how the financial interests of fossil fuel companies have blocked the policymaking process in key countries -- and calls for a global epiphany to take on the climate crisis. "Do not give up hope," Gore says. "And remember always that political will is itself a renewable resource."
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#environment #pollution #climate_change #sustainability #fossil_fuels #business #Countdown

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👁Why are eating disorders so hard to treat?
🧠Anees Bahji
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Globally, about 10% of people will experience an eating disorder during their lifetime. And yet, eating disorders are profoundly misunderstood. Misconceptions about everything from symptoms to treatment make it difficult to navigate an eating disorder or support someone you love as they do so. Anees Bahji shares what is— and isn't— true about eating disorders. [Directed by Laura Jayne Hodkin, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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#education #mental_health #TED_Ed #illness #health #psychology #food #human_body #animation

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👁The rebel radio that brought down a war criminal
🧠Diana Sierra Becerra
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvador's land, forcing laborers to work for almost nothing. But in 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups to overthrow the US-backed dictatorship. These revolutionaries were attacked from every direction, but a group of rebels refused to be silenced. Diana Sierra Becerra shares the story of Radio Venceremos. [Directed by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Cem Misirlioglu, Sergio Sayeg].
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👁A creator-led internet, built on blockchain
🧠Adam Mosseri
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣As digital assets like cryptocurrency and NFTs become more mainstream, design thinker and head of Instagram Adam Mosseri believes that creators are uniquely positioned to benefit. These blockchain-enabled technologies could remove the need for a "middleman" in the form of large social media platforms, allowing creators to more freely distribute their work and connect with their audiences. He explains how this new age of the internet will give way to "the greatest transfer of power from institutions to individuals in all time."
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#creativity #Internet #future #blockchain #metaverse #art #technology #society #innovation

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