👁How language shapes the way we think
🧠Lera Boroditsky
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is," Boroditsky says. "Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000."
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👁Which box do I check?
🧠Mona Chalabi
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣How we identify makes a difference in our lived experiences, but it's not always reflected in the checkboxes we see on forms. In this episode, Mona Chalabi explores why language matters in data collection, and why the categories we use should reflect who we really are. Want to hear more from Mona? Check out her podcast Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi, from the TED Audio Collective.
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👁The language of being human
🧠Şair Ali
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣You speak far more languages than you realize, says Poet Ali. In a profound talk, he reveals how the idea of "language" goes far beyond a lexicon of words, communicating universal experiences like love, laughter and loneliness -- and serving as a portal to cultures, feelings and thoughts that unite us all.
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👁10 ways to have a better conversation
🧠Celeste Headlee
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."
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👁 A brief history of Spanish
🧠Ilan Stavans
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Beginning in the third century BCE, the Romans conquered the Iberian peninsula. This period gave rise to several regional languages in the area that's now Spain, including Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. One of these would become Spanish— but not for another 1,500 years. Those years tell the origin story of what's become a global modern language. Ilan Stavans traces the evolution of Spanish. [Directed by Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios, narrated by Ilan Stavans, music by Manuel Borda].
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👁The language of lying
🧠Noah Zandan
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we've spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there a more direct approach? Noah Zandan uses some famous examples of lying to illustrate how we might use communications science to analyze the lies themselves. [Directed by Nadav Arbel, narrated by Noah Zandan].
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👁How language shapes the way we think
🧠Lera Boroditsky
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is," Boroditsky says. "Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000."
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👁What makes a language... a language?
🧠Martin Hilpert
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Outside of China, Mandarin and Cantonese are often referred to as Chinese dialects, despite being even more dissimilar than Spanish and Italian. On the other hand, speakers of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, which are three distinct languages, can usually communicate with each other in their native tongues. So, when is speech considered a dialect versus a language? Martin Hilpert investigates. [Directed by Luísa M H Copetti, Hype CG, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Gabriel Maia].
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👁Does AI actually understand us?
🧠Alona Fyshe
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Is AI as smart as it seems? Exploring the "brain" behind machine learning, neural networker Alona Fyshe delves into the language processing abilities of talkative tech (like the groundbreaking chatbot and internet obsession ChatGPT) and explains how different it is from your own brain -- even though it can sound convincingly human.
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👁Can we recreate the voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy?
🧠David M. Howard
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Drawing on his work reconstructing the vocal tract of an ancient Egyptian priest, speech scientist David M. Howard shares three evolutionary wonders of human speech -- and the importance of nurturing your own voice in an increasingly noisy world.
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👁Why you should embrace mediocrity
🧠Crispin Thurlow
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣From "elite" pickles to "premium" baby diapers, marketers are constantly telling us to seek superiority — but "by the simple law of averages, most of us have to live a life more ordinary," says sociolinguist Crispin Thurlow. He invites us to embrace mediocrity for a change, offering a different path to contentedness without comparison.
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👁What's your leadership language?
🧠Rosita Najmi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In a globe-trotting career that has spanned corporations, governments, nonprofits and philanthropy, Rosita Najmi has often found herself translating among them. Instead of focusing on leadership style, she makes the case for becoming fluent in the languages of leadership, explaining how it can help you adapt to audiences across industries and collectively achieve your goals.
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👁Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
🧠Franziska Naether
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣For centuries, scholars puzzled over the hieroglyphs they found carved onto ancient Egyptian ruins, tablets, and papyri. But in 1799, a unique discovery would finally help unlock their meaning. It was a stone inscribed with three different texts: Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Demotic Egyptian, and Ancient Greek. Franziska Naether shares how scholars decoded the ancient message of the Rosetta Stone. [Directed by Tim Rauch, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme?
🧠Arika Okrent
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Spelling reformers have been advocating for changes to make English spelling more intuitive and less irregular. One example of its messiness: take the “g-h” sound from “enough,” the “o” sound from “women” and the “t-i” sound from “action,” and you could argue that “g-h-o-t-i” spells “fish.” So, how did English get like this? Arika Okrent explores the complexity of English spelling conventions. [Directed by Emily Howells, Aaron Brady, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Aaron Brady].
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👁Courage, the most important virtue
🧠Bari Weiss
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In an unflinching look at issues that widen the political divide in the US, journalist and editor Bari Weiss highlights why courage is the most important virtue in today's polarized world. She shares examples of people who have spoken up in the face of conformity and silence — and calls on all of us to say what we believe. (Followed by a Q&A with head of TED Chris Anderson)
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👁The secret behind how Chinese characters work
🧠Gina Marie Elia
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣According to legend, in the 27th century BCE, the Yellow Emperor of China charged his historian, Cangjie, to develop a system of writing. Sitting alongside a riverbank, Cangjie noted the imagery that surrounded him. From this, he created the first Chinese characters. So, how has Chinese evolved in the last 3,000 years? Gina Marie Elia explores the history of one of the earliest written languages. [Directed by PeiHsin Cho, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Zing Audio].
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👁How to make learning as addictive as social media
🧠Luis von Ahn
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world.
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👁This is what happens in your brain when you can’t recall a word
🧠Cella Wright
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣You’re sure you know your 3rd grade teacher’s name— it’s like you’re hovering over it in your mind, but it just won’t materialize. Researchers call this tantalizing torment a “tip-of-the-tongue state,” and it’s something everyone experiences. But what’s actually happening when a word’s caught here, and how can you best get it unstuck? Cella Wright explores why your brain can struggle with recall. [Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁Why are people starting to sound like ChatGPT?
🧠Adam Aleksic
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Algorithms and AI don't just show us reality — they warp it in ways that benefit platforms built to exploit people for profit, says etymologist Adam Aleksic. From ChatGPT influencing our word choices to Spotify turning a data cluster into a new musical genre, he reveals how new technology subconsciously shapes our language, trends and sense of identity. "These aren't neutral tools," he says, encouraging us to constantly ask ourselves: How am I being influenced?
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👁The sneaky language tricks cults use to influence you
🧠Amanda Montell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the age of social media and wellness trends, the comments section is as good as a cult compound, says linguist and cultural commentator Amanda Montell. Using Taylor Swift's throng of devoted Swifties as her guide, she exposes three sneaky language tactics that cults use to influence us (for better or for worse), revealing why none of us are as cult-proof as we'd like to think.
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