👁The surprising science of happiness
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👣Dan Gilbert, author of \"Stumbling on Happiness,\" challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our \"psychological immune system\" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.
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#TED2004 #brain #choice #culture #evolution #happiness #psychology #science

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👁The agony of trying to unsubscribe
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👣It happens to all of us: you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company pops up in your inbox. Comedian James Veitch turned this frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer. Hijinks ensued.
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👁How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion?
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👣By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of climate change? In a talk packed with wit and wisdom, science journalist Charles C. Mann breaks down the proposed solutions and finds that the answers fall into two camps -- wizards and prophets -- while offering his own take on the best path to survival.
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#TED2018 #technology #science #Anthropocene #climate_change #nature #social_change #future #society #sustainability #environment #global_issues

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👁My wish: A global day of film
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👣Jehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film.
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👁The art of asking
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👣Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
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👁An unsung hero of the civil rights movement - Christina Greer
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👣In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington to nearly a quarter million people. None of it would have been possible without the march's chief organizer – a man named Bayard Rustin. Christina Greer details his life of advocacy as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and the challenges he faced as an openly gay black man.
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👁My escape from North Korea
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👣As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was \"the best on the planet.\" It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country at 14, to begin a life in hiding, as a refugee in China. Hers is a harrowing, personal tale of survival and hope -- and a powerful reminder of those who face constant danger, even when the border is far behind.
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👁How video games turn players into storytellers
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👣Have you ever watched a film or read a novel, wishing that you could change the narrative to save your favorite character? Game designer David Cage allows you do just that in his video games, where players make decisions that shape an ever-changing plot. In a talk and live demo, Cage presents a scene from his new project, letting the audience control a character's decisions. \"Interactive storytelling can be what cinema was in the 20th century: an art that deeply changes its time,\" Cage says.
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#TED2018 #storytelling #gaming #design #media #entertainment #technology #culture #innovation #animation #art #creativity

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👁How education helped me rewrite my life
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👣There's no greater freedom than finding your purpose, says education advocate Ashweetha Shetty. Born to a poor family in rural India, Shetty didn't let the social norms of her community stifle her dreams and silence her voice. In this personal talk, she shares how she found self-worth through education -- and how she's working to empower other rural youth to explore their potential. \"All of us are born into a reality that we blindly accept -- until something awakens us and a new world opens up,\" Shetty says.
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#TEDWomen_2018 #education #india #children #personal_growth #potential #future #society #social_change #activism #community #women

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👁Can you solve the rogue AI riddle? - Dan Finkel
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👣A hostile artificial intelligence called NIM has taken over the world’s computers. You’re the only person skilled enough to shut it down, and you’ll only have one chance. Can you survive and shut off the artificial intelligence? Dan Finkel shows how.
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👁The fascinating science of bubbles, from soap to champagne
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👣In this whimsical talk and live demo, scientist Li Wei Tan shares the secrets of bubbles -- from their relentless pursuit of geometric perfection to their applications in medicine and shipping, where designers are creating more efficient vessels by mimicking the bubbles created by swimming penguins. Learn more about these mathematical marvels and tap into the magic hidden in the everyday world.
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👁Why you should bring your whole self to work
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👣Dan Clay was worried about being dismissed as \"too gay\" at work, so he dialed down his personality. But then his alter ego, Carrie Dragshaw, went viral online. Here's what happened next.
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#The_Way_We_Work #work-life_balance #personality #work #personal_growth #business

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👁How does cancer spread through the body? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun
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👣Cancer usually begins with one tumor in a specific area of the body. But if the tumor is not removed, cancer has the ability to spread to nearby organs as well as places far away from the origin, like the brain. How does cancer move to these new areas and why are some organs more likely to get infected than others? Ivan Seah Yu Jun explains the three common routes of metastasis.
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👁Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer
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👣The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist Sean Davis examines the world we avoided when we banned chlorofluorocarbons -- and shares lessons we can carry forward to address the climate crisis in our time.
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#TEDxBoulder #environment #science #nature #climate_change #biosphere #social_change #sustainability #society #policy #government #pollution #TEDx

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👁How many ways are there to prove the Pythagorean theorem? - Betty Fei
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👁A brief history of banned numbers - Alessandra King
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👁3 psychological tricks to help you save money
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👣We all want to save more money -- but overall, people today are doing less and less of it. Behavioral scientist Wendy De La Rosa studies how everyday people make decisions to improve their financial well-being. What she's found can help you painlessly make the commitment to save more and spend less.
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👁What is the meaning of work?
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👣Roy Bahat was worried. His company invests in new technology like AI to make businesses more efficient -- but, he wondered, what was AI doing to the people whose jobs might change, go away or become less fulfilling? The question sent him on a two-year research odyssey to discover what motivates people, and why we work. In this conversation with curator Bryn Freedman, he shares what he learned, including some surprising insights that will shape the conversation about the future of our jobs.
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👁The last banana: A thought experiment in probability - Leonardo Barichello
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👣Imagine a game of dice: if the biggest number rolled is one, two, three, or four, player 1 wins. If the biggest number rolled is five or six, player 2 wins. Who has the best probability of winning the game? Leonardo Barichello explains how probability holds the answer to this seemingly counterintuitive puzzle.
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👁Why does the universe exist?
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👣Why is there something instead of nothing? In other words: Why does the universe exist (and why are we in it)? Philosopher and writer Jim Holt follows this question toward three possible answers. Or four. Or none.
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👁Notes of a native son: the world according to James Baldwin - Christina Greer
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👣In the 1960s, the FBI amassed almost 2,000 documents in an investigation into one of America’s most celebrated minds. The subject of this inquiry was a writer named James Baldwin, one of the best-selling black authors in the world at the time. What made him loom so large in the imaginations of both the public and the authorities? Christina Greer explores the life and works of James Baldwin.
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