👁Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
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👣Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.
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#TED2016 #brain #comedy #decision-making #entertainment #goal-setting #humor #Internet #mind #productivity #online_video #time #visualizations #work #writing #choice

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👁Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish
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👣TED Fellow Prosanta Chakrabarty explores hidden parts of the world in search of new species of cave-dwelling fish. These subterranean creatures have developed fascinating adaptations, and they provide biological insights into blindness as well as geological clues about how the continents broke apart million of years ago. Contemplate deep time in this short talk.
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#TED2016 #ancient_world #animals #biodiversity #biology #brain #biomechanics #curiosity #environment #DNA #evolution #exploration #fish #history #life #nature #science #TED_Fellows #time #sight #ecology #blindness

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👁Aliens, love -- where are they?
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👣Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love.
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👁Is this our final century?
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👣Speaking as both an astronomer and \"a concerned member of the human race,\" Sir Martin Rees examines our planet and its future from a cosmic perspective. He urges action to prevent dark consequences from our scientific and technological development.
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👁What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
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👣What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
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👁Is our universe the only universe?
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👣Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the \"multiverse.\"
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👁Where are all the aliens?
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👣The universe is incredibly old, astoundingly vast and populated by trillions of planets -- so where are all the aliens? Astronomer Stephen Webb has an explanation: we're alone in the universe. In a mind-expanding talk, he spells out the remarkable barriers a planet would need to clear in order to host an extraterrestrial civilization -- and makes a case for the beauty of our potential cosmic loneliness. \"The silence of the universe is shouting, 'We're the creatures who got lucky,'\" Webb says.
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👁How to turn off work thoughts during your free time
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👣Feeling burned out? You may be spending too much time ruminating about your job, says psychologist Guy Winch. Learn how to stop worrying about tomorrow's tasks or stewing over office tensions with three simple techniques aimed at helping you truly relax and recharge after work.
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👁How to gain control of your free time
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👣There are 168 hours in each week. How do we find time for what matters most? Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies how busy people spend their lives, and she's discovered that many of us drastically overestimate our commitments each week, while underestimating the time we have to ourselves. She offers a few practical strategies to help find more time for what matters to us, so we can \"build the lives we want in the time we've got.\"
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👁Questioning the universe
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👣In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them.
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