👁Your company is wasting time — here's how to stop it
🧠Salvatore Cali
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣The vast majority of our time at work is spent trudging through redundant and outdated workflows, says operations visionary Salvatore Cali. Laying out the most common time-wasting pitfalls, he urges policy leaders and businesses to reevaluate what they ask of both employees and consumers. "By rethinking the true purpose of each task, you will discover what is waste and what is the real gold of your company: the creation of value," says Cali.
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#business #work #motivation #economics #innovation #leadership

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👁What really killed the dinosaurs? (It wasn’t just the asteroid)
🧠Sean P. S. Gulick
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Sixty-six million years ago, near what’s now the Yucatán Peninsula, a juvenile sauropod feasted on horsetail plants on a riverbank. Earth was a tropical planet. Behemoth and tiny dinosaurs alike soared its skies and roamed its lands while reptiles and tentacled ammonites swept its seas. But, in an instant, everything would change. Sean P. S. Gulick details one of Earth's most devastating periods. [Directed by directed by Jeff Le Bars, Jet Propulsion, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #dinosaurs #history #climate_change #science #biology #geology

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👁Why you should ditch deadly fossil-fuel appliances
🧠Donnel Baird
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In the US, people spend the overwhelming majority of their time inside buildings that burn fossil fuels, which are bad for both the environment and human health. (Think: breathing in air pollution from gas stoves, furnaces and water heaters.) If we're going to fix this problem, we need to retrofit millions of buildings with all-electric equipment, says energy upgrader Donnel Baird. Hear about his ambitious plan to rip the fossil fuel infrastructure out of aging buildings and upgrade it with smarter, cleaner, healthier technology.
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#climate_change #energy #renewable_energy #infrastructure #technology #sustainability #United_States #Countdown

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👁The gory history of barber surgeons
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣It’s a cold morning in 15th century France and you’re off to the barber for a shave and haircut. You hear the familiar sound of singing inside and eye a bowl of blood in the window. You grab a cup of ale and examine the array of teeth strung from the walls. Suddenly, a scream sounds from one of the chairs. What's going on? Stephanie Honchell Smith shares the surprising history of barber-surgeons. [Directed by Arvind Singh Jeena, Anantha Krishnan, Totem Creative, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by André Aires].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #history #medicine

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👁The secret perks of driving electric
🧠Cynthia Williams
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Electric vehicles need to be more than just eco-friendly — they have to be more chic, convenient and affordable than their gas-powered alternatives, says sustainability leader Cynthia Williams. She explores what it'll take for an electric revolution to succeed in the US, calling on corporations, policy leaders, investors and more to collaborate in unprecedented ways.
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#electricity #transportation #climate_change #Countdown #sustainability #technology #innovation

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👁Are you really as good at something as you think?
🧠Robin Kramer
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Does confidence equal competence? Not quite. In a talk that will make you better aware of yourself, experimental psychologist Robin Kramer delves into the Dunning-Kruger effect — which argues that those who are least capable often overestimate their skills the most — and explores just how good you are at judging your own abilities.
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#psychology #emotions #self #personal_growth #brain

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👁The real gold of our economy is in our hands
🧠Salvatore Cali
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣The vast majority of our time at work is spent trudging through redundant and outdated workflows, says operations visionary Salvatore Cali. Laying out the most common time-wasting pitfalls, he urges policy leaders and businesses to reevaluate what they ask of both employees and consumers. "By rethinking the true purpose of each task, you will discover what is waste and what is the real gold of your company: the creation of value," says Cali.
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#business #work #motivation #economics #innovation #leadership

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👁Meet methane, the invisible climate villain
🧠Marcelo Mena
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣A landfill on fire doesn't only emit a horrid stench — it has devastating consequences for the environment, too. The culprit is methane, an often underestimated greenhouse gas produced in large part by food systems, organic waste and yes, cow burps. Biochemical engineer Marcelo Mena explains the source of this sneaky pollutant, why its emissions need to be cut in half by 2050 — and what you can do to help.
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#climate_change #Countdown #pollution #agriculture #food #environment

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👁Why did the US try to kill all the bison?
🧠Andrew C. Isenberg
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North America’s largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into winter coats and blankets, and used the bones and horns for tools. But in the following decades, millions of bison would be deliberately slaughtered, threatening the survival of Plains societies. Andrew C. Isenberg shares what led to the animal's near-extinction. [Directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #history #United_States #indigenous_peoples

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👁The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI
🧠Ilya Sutskever
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Just weeks before the management shakeup at OpenAI rocked Silicon Valley and made international news, the company's cofounder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever explored the transformative potential of artificial general intelligence (AGI), highlighting how it could surpass human intelligence and profoundly transform every aspect of life. Hear his take on the promises and perils of AGI — and his optimistic case for how unprecedented collaboration will ensure its safe and beneficial development.
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#AI #technology #future #innovation #computers

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👁An alternative to the "midlife crisis"
🧠Chip Conley
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Midlife doesn't have to be a scary time, says entrepreneur Chip Conley. In this short yet profound talk, he takes inspiration from the natural world to reframe our 40s, 50s and 60s as a transitional stage that's full of grace and beauty — and urges us all to make aging aspirational.
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#aging #humanity #personal_growth #Life

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👁The diseases that changed humanity forever
🧠Dan Kwartler
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Since humanity’s earliest days, we’ve been plagued by countless disease-causing pathogens. Invisible and persistent, these microorganisms and the illnesses they incur have killed more humans than anything else in history. But which disease has been the deadliest? Dan Kwartler digs into how human progress and innovation throughout history exposed us to surprising new maladies. [Directed by BASA, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Igor Figueroa, Estudio Mono].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #disease #illness #history #science #human_body #health

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👁Can we hack photosynthesis to feed the world?
🧠Steve Long
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes on the planet, helping produce the food we eat and the air we breathe. Crop scientist Steve Long thinks it could be more efficient — and he's intent on giving it a boost. He shows how hacking photosynthesis could help feed the world all while reducing climate change.
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#climate_change #agriculture #food #environment #sustainability #science #DNA #farming

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👁How to make smart decisions more easily
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Everything our bodies do— whether physical or mental— uses energy. Studies have found that many individuals seem to have a daily threshold for making decisions, and an extended period of decision-making can lead to cognitive exhaustion. So, what kinds of choices lead us to this state, and what can we do to fight fatigue? Explore the psychology of decision fatigue and ways you can avoid fatigue. [Directed by Jolene Tan, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Jeremie Lim].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #decision_making #psychology #brain

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👁A playbook on financing climate solutions
🧠Nili Gilbert and David Blood
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Tackling climate change costs a lot of money — and the financial sector is key to getting that money flowing. In a wide-ranging conversation, sustainable investment leaders Nili Gilbert and David Blood discuss where progress is being made on climate solutions, where capital still needs to move faster and why this is an unprecedented opportunity for sustainable growth.
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#climate_change #finance #money #environment #global_issues #sustainability #investing #science #Countdown

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👁How to harness abundant, clean energy for 10 billion people
🧠Julio Friedmann
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣We can produce abundant, sustainable and cheap energy — for everyone, says physicist Julio Friedmann. He explores the infrastructure, innovation and investment needed to supply energy to 10 billion people, offering case studies from Chile's refurbished supply chain, built in partnership with Japan, to Namibia's budding clean hydrogen production, inviting us to envision a greener, more equitably powered world.
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#Countdown #climate_change #energy #sustainability #technology #infrastructure #innovation

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👁Life on the frontlines of war reporting
🧠Jane Ferguson
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Covering global war stories can be hard and thankless — but it's critical work if the rest of us are to understand what's really going on in the world. For nearly two decades, journalist Jane Ferguson has reported on hostilities across Africa and the Middle East, and she's witnessed firsthand the changing face of her profession. Via stories of her own experiences at the heart of complex conflicts, she shares fascinating details of how she and other female colleagues have changed the way that news is captured, shared — and understood.
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#global_issues #media #journalism #gender #war #travel #Middle_East

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👁How did Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end?
🧠Thula Simpson
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣For 46 years, South Africans lived under Apartheid, a strict policy of segregation that barred the country’s Black majority from skilled, high-paying jobs, quality education, voting, and much more. So, how did these laws come to be? And how did this era of institutionalized discrimination finally come to an end? Thula Simpson explores how colonization led to the national trauma of Apartheid. [Directed by Aya Marzouk, Giraffics, narrated by Safia Elhillo, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #Africa #history #government #race #global_issues #human_rights

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👁How to find humor in life's absurdity
🧠Maira Kalman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣With levity and profound insight, artist Maira Kalman reflects on life, death, dinner parties, not knowing the right answers, the joys of eating a hot dog from a street vendor and more. This talk, interwoven with her delightful paintings, is itself an artwork that seems to hold the entirety of life in all its absurd glory.
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#art #design #creativity #storytelling #humanity

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👁The transformative potential of AGI — and when it might arrive
🧠Shane Legg and Chris Anderson
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣As the cofounder of Google DeepMind, Shane Legg is driving one of the greatest transformations in history: the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). He envisions a system with human-like intelligence that would be exponentially smarter than today's AI, with limitless possibilities and applications. In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Legg explores the evolution of AGI, what the world might look like when it arrives — and how to ensure it's built safely and ethically.
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#AI #technology #machine_learning #science #future #computers #innovation

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