How is diversity being weaponized? | Heather Heying | Big ThinkHow is diversity being weaponized?
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In efforts to achieve diversity, whether within workplace teams or elsewhere, leaders often focus on variation of identities regarding race, gender, sexual orientation, and physicality.
Evolutionary biologist Heather Heying urges that these efforts be taken a step further to focus on diversity of viewpoints and socioeconomic status — two forms of identity that are less apparent without thoughtful conversation.
Achieving diversity in these ways adds varying life experiences and opinions that enrich office or team culture and provide more innovative solutions.
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HEATHER HEYING:
Heather Heying is an evolutionary biologist and former Professor at Evergreen State College. She applies the tool kit of evolutionary theory to problems large and small, some seemingly intractable, some possibly trivial—what to eat, how to teach and parent and be an upstanding citizen, what to avoid, and what to seek.
Heather came to prominence after she and her husband, Bret Weinstein, stood up to supporters of an enforced “Day of Absence” for white staff and teachers at Evergreen State College.
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HEATHER HEYING: The concept of diversity is honorable and is being weaponized by people who are not, I think, actually interested in true diversity across all demographics. Diversity could be understood merely at a ""we can count this by what you look like and how you identify - your ethnicity, your sex, your sexual orientation, your able-bodiedness,"" these sorts of things. And these are all real ways that humans differ, and the more varied the life histories and the demographics there are in any particular organization, the more likely there are to be unique solutions to problems that emerge because of the different ways that people with diverse backgrounds will approach questions.
However, socioeconomic diversity, which is not often talked about by many of the people who are currently talking about diversity, is in some ways a better predictor of having things like viewpoint diversity and experience with the real world and being able to actually solve problems on the fly, either the physical or the social sort because they've had to. Because people who are emerging not from the elite and the upper middle class have actually often had to solve problems in a way that those of us who grew up with greater economic privilege didn't have to. We may have chosen to put ourselves in these situations, but even so when it's a choice it's different.
So diversity is a good, but we are not hearing nearly enough about socioeconomic diversity and we are also not hearing nearly enough about viewpoint diversity, which is hidden, which you can't wear on your sleeve: I mean you could you could wear a T-shirt that proclaims some things, but the only thing you can proclaim on a T-shirt is an ideology. You cannot proclaim a nuanced worldview except through extended conversation. Most people who have arrived at their beliefs and their values and their worldview through, first, principles as opposed to through accepting something by rote that was handed to them pre-scripted actually don't fall entirely into a particular ideology. Most of us have views that would sound pretty Democratic and also have views that would sound maybe a bit Republican and some views that are moderate and probably most of us have some extreme views on some topics, and it's not going to be the same mix for anyone. And we find that through talking with one another.
That diversity, which is diversity at the individual level for people who are not ideologues, who have actually arrived at their positions through careful nuanced intellectual but compassionate thought about the world - that's the kind of person that you want in a boardroom. And if those people all look the same in terms of their sex or the color of their skin I would say there's probably some diversity that you're missing that you could stand to gain. But the idea that you can't have diversity of life experience and diversity of opinion and diversity of what people actually come to offer in a room of people who appear to look the same by the metric that we are currently being told to use seems far off base to me, that diversity for the countable phenotypic characteristics should not be the highest goal.
How virtual reality turns students into scientists | Jessica Ochoa HendrixVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Using low-cost virtual reality, education activist Jessica Ochoa Hendrix helps bring science to life in schools across the US. In this quick talk, she explains how a VR experience she developed invites students to explore underwater ecosystems as if they're marine biologists -- and envision themselves in other careers they might not have otherwise imagined.
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A new type of medicine, custom-made with tiny proteins | Christopher BahlVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Some common life-saving medicines, such as insulin, are made of proteins so large and fragile that they need to be injected instead of ingested as pills. But a new generation of medicine -- made from smaller, more durable proteins known as peptides -- is on its way. In a quick, informative talk, molecular engineer and TED Fellow Christopher Bahl explains how he's using computational design to create powerful peptides that could one day neutralize the flu, protect against botulism poisoning and even stop cancer cells from growing.
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How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust | Werner ReichVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Holocaust survivor Werner Reich recounts his harrowing adolescence as a prisoner transported between concentration camps — and shares how a small, kind act can inspire a lifetime of compassion. "If you ever know somebody who needs help, if you know somebody who is scared, be kind to them," he says. "If you do it at the right time, it will enter their heart, and it will be with them wherever they go, forever."
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What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate | Angelicque WhiteVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
When the ocean changes, the planet changes -- and it all starts with microbes, says biological oceanographer Angelicque White. Backed by decades of data, White shares how scientists use these ancient microorganisms as a crucial barometer of ocean health -- and how we might rejuvenate them as marine temperatures steadily rise.
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The unpaid work that GDP ignores -- and why it really counts | Marilyn WaringVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
If you: do laundry, are (or have been) pregnant, tidy up, shop for your household or do similar labor, then by GDP standards, you're unproductive. In this visionary talk, economist Marilyn Waring seeks to correct the failures of this narrow-minded system, detailing why we deserve a better way to measure growth that values not just our own livelihood but the planet's as well.
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How motivation can fix public systems | Abhishek GopalkaVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
How do you fix broken public systems? You spark people's competitive spirit. In a talk about getting people motivated to make change, public sector strategist Abhishek Gopalka discusses how he helped improve the health system of Rajasthan, a state in India home to more than 80 million people, using the powers of transparency and public accountability. "Motivation doesn't just appear," Gopalka says. "Something needs to change to make you care."
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Handling hecklers: Lessons from a comedian | Paul F. Tompkins | Big ThinkNew videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube
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PAUL F. TOMPKINS
Paul F. Tompkins is a comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his work in television on such programs as Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher and Best Week Ever, and he co-starred in There Will Be Blood, with Daniel Day-Lewis.
He is well known for his numerous appearances on podcasts, including his 100+ appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang! He is also the host of the Fusion Channel talk show No, You Shut Up!, The Dead Authors Podcast, the online Made Man interview series Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins, the Earwolf podcast SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins, and The Pod F. Tompkast, which was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment" in 2011.
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Transcript: One of the best lessons I ever learned was that someone who speaks up at a show is not necessarily a heckler. When I first started out anyone that said anything I was so rattled by it that I would attack that person and try to shut them down and assert my dominance, you know, over the room. Like I’m in charge, I’m the guy with the microphone. And it took me a while but then I realized oh sometimes people are just – they’re forgetting themselves. They’re agreeing with the thing that you said. They’re trying to add on to an idea that you just put out there. And then I realized anytime anything like that happens this is an opportunity for more fun. So I would always start out – I learned to when I was confronted with someone saying something to ask in a friendly tone, oh what did you say, you know. To let them know I’m not trying to attack this person because you have to let the audience know because it can turn a room very quickly if you’re too aggressive with someone, if you’re too upset by it people can sense this. And it’s unpleasant and it’s uncomfortable for people. And so what I always like to communicate to an audience if someone says something is everything’s okay. I’m going to ask this person what they said and maybe we’ll have a conversation. But it’s all going to be fun the whole time.
It’s also a covert defense mechanism because if I let this person talk and then they reveal themselves to be someone who does want to ruin the show now everybody is on my side because I’ve been nice so far. So it’s also – it’s win-win because it’s either we’re going to have a fun conversation with this strange person who started talking or I will give this jerk enough rope to hang himself and then the audience will be on my side when I do have to shut them down. But more often than not people are just kind of forgetting themselves or they get wrapped up in it and they want to talk to you because you’re talking, you know. And I’ve had some great fun times talking to people from the audience who just accidentally spoke up.
How online marketplaces can help local economies, not hurt them | Amane DannouniVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
The growth of online marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb and Amazon can sometimes threaten local businesses such as taxis, hotels and retail shops by taking away jobs or reducing income to the community. But it doesn't have to be this way, says strategy consultant Amane Dannouni. Pointing to examples like Gojek (Indonesia's Uber for motorbikes) and Jumia (Africa's version of Amazon), he explains how some online marketplaces make deliberate trade-offs to include, rather than replace, existing players in local economies -- benefiting everyone in the long run.
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A guide to collaborative leadership | Lorna DavisVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
What's the difference between heroes and leaders? In this insightful talk, Lorna Davis explains how our idolization of heroes is holding us back from solving big problems -- and shows why we need "radical interdependence" to make real change happen.
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Does photographing a moment steal the experience from you? | Erin SullivanVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
When we witness something amazing, many of us instinctively pull out our phones and snap pictures. Is this obsession with photographing everything impacting our experiences? In a meditative talk, Erin Sullivan reflects on how being more intentional with her lens enhanced her ability to enjoy the moment -- and could help you do the same, too.
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Psychology toolbox: How to use skepticism | Derren Brown | Big ThinkNew videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube
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Psychological illusionist Derren Brown presents magic as an analogy for how we process the world around us. In the same way we believe in a trick by forming a narrative around it, we can tell ourselves stories in life.
It's important to maintain a sense of skepticism. But it's equally as important to recognize the edges of usefulness in being skeptical.
For example, an atheist can be skeptical of religion while still admitting that the narratives around religion might be valuable and psychologically useful.
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DERREN BROWN:
Derren Brown began his UK television career in December 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control. In the UK, his name is now pretty much synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. Amongst a varied and notorious TV career, Derren has played Russian Roulette live, convinced middle-managers to commit armed robbery, led the nation in a séance, stuck viewers at home to their sofas, successfully predicted the National Lottery, motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet, hypnotised a man to assassinate Stephen Fry, and created a zombie apocalypse for an unsuspecting participant after seemingly ending the world. He has also written several best-selling books and has toured with eight sell-out one-man stage shows.
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Transcript: Magic is a great analogy for how we process the world generally. So, we have this infinite data source coming at us, there’s an infinite number of things that we can think about, but we essentially make up a story about what we’re seeing. We edit and delete and we form a narrative and we mistake that narrative for the truth. the way you watch a magic trick of any sort and edit your experience to form a story that brings you to a point of going oh my god that’s impossible is what we do every day in real life, and we have to because it’s our only way of navigating forward. But, it’s important to remember sometimes that it is just a story that there’s a lot of stuff going on that we’re not aware of. And, of course, a magician doing a trick is exploiting exactly that process the fact that we are master editors.
So I am encouraging a form of skepticism, but I do think that the broad easy skepticism of the magician or the atheist, I’m an atheist but I think that both of those camps have it too easy. So, there are things I think that are important skeptically and then there’s also important checks on the very nature of skepticism. Particularly in the world of people making claims, grand claims, which is what as somebody rooted in magic come across a lot, an important point that I guess goes back to Hume, which is the extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. So, if somebody is making a grand claim, a supernatural claim, for example, it’s going to be up to them to come up with equally strong and impressive and grand evidence for that thing. As opposed to it’s up to the other person say you to disapprove it, which is often what they say, well you can’t disprove it. If I say I’ve got a green mouse living in my house and I expect you to believe that, it’s not your job to prove that I don’t have a green mouse by looking in every corner of my house because you could always miss the mouse, it’s up to me to show you it. If I’m going to show you a photograph of it it has got to be a proper picture not a doctored picture and so on. So, what you have a lot of is evidence that isn’t real evidence.
So, for example, a psychic and medium using say her very demonstration of doing it as proof of psychic mediumship, well that’s no more valid than if a magician saws a woman in half and says well here’s proof that I’m doing it. Look I’m sawing her in half. Well, that’s not proof. Proof would be okay do it with my saw, do it with my box, do it with my woman as opposed to your assistant and do it under some kind of controlled conditions and then maybe I’ll believe it. You create conditions that everyone agrees on and then it becomes evidence. I think just in terms of understanding not getting too caught up in other people’s stories and other people’s narratives and falling for them, that reserve of skepticism is important.
A personal health coach for those living with chronic diseases | Priscilla PemuVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
There's no shortage of resources to help people change their health behaviors -- but far too often, these resources aren't accessible in underserved communities, says physician Priscilla Pemu. Enter "culturally congruent coaching," a program Pemu and her team developed to help patients with chronic diseases monitor their health with the assistance of a coach from their community. Learn more about how this approach transcends language and cultural barriers -- and could potentially transform health care in America.
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The evolution of the coffee cup lid | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED seriesAuthor A.J. Jacobs shows how the coffee cup lid was perfectly designed to give you a full sensory experience while drinking.
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How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world | Adam GarskeVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
"If DNA is the blueprint of life, enzymes are the laborers that carry out its instructions," says chemical biologist Adam Garske. In this fun talk and demo, he shows how scientists can now edit and design enzymes for specific functions -- to help treat diseases like diabetes, create energy-efficient laundry detergent and even capture greenhouse gases -- and performs his own enzyme experiment onstage.
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How surfboards connect us to nature | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED seriesHere's how the surfboard changed our relationship to water, according to Fues Project founder Yves Behar.
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5 ways to create stronger connections | The Way We Work, a TED seriesIn a tech-obsessed culture, it can be difficult to build genuine relationships with people, especially in the workplace. Robert Reffkin shares his tips and tricks for establishing authentic connections on the job.
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6 ways to improve your relationship with money | The Way We Work, a TED seriesTaking control of our personal finances can feel overwhelming -- but it doesn't have to be. Thasunda Duckett shares how to minimize shame around money and start having honest conversations about how to save.
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The secret to giving great feedback | The Way We Work, a TED seriesHumans have been coming up with ways to give constructive criticism for centuries, but somehow we're still pretty terrible at it. Cognitive psychologist LeeAnn Renniger shares a scientifically proven method for giving effective feedback.
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How burnout makes us less creative | The Way We Work, a TED seriesOur obsession with productivity -- to-do lists, life hacks, morning routines -- is making us less productive, says digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush. She explains why we need to redesign our workday around creativity -- not just efficiency.
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What is the point of debate when one side the argument is objectively true? There is none.
That is, unless the incorrect arguer has the ability to influence the masses. When a relatively famous musician began spewing flat Earth views on social media, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson knew he had to jump in the ring and defend science with science.
General belief systems aren't a threat, but it's important to combat incorrect and dangerous views when they have a chance of pervading greater society.
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NEIL DEGRASSE:
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson".
Tyson's new book is Letters From an Astrophysicist (2019).
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Transcript: I don’t like debating people because in a debate what is the construct. It’s typically two people and there’s an audience and you debate some opposite sides of some issue. And then there’s a winner of the debate. And then everyone walks away reflecting on the winner. So who wins the debate? It’s often the person who’s charismatic, who’s maybe charming – that’s related to charisma of course. Who has a good way with words, good vocabulary. And you can have someone who doesn’t have any of that who is speaking objective truths who could lose a debate. So then what is the point of the debate of one of these points of view is objectively true. So I will not enter a debate where I have the objectively true side of an argument and the other person does not. That is something that should not be debated, does not belong in front of an audience getting debated. You want to debate something? Debate political policy of what to do in the face of climate change.
Do you have carbon tax? Do you have solar panels? Do you subsidize them? Debate that. Don’t debate something that is or is not objectively true in this world. The B.o.B, the rapper, I have a video letter to him the transcript of which is in Letters from an Astrophysicist. That rose to that level of attention because he started saying I am using laws of math and physics to show Earth is flat. Those are fighting words. If you’re going to say using math and physics, that is an alarm to the geekiverse that we must rise up and counteract these forces from the dark side that are out there. So, the bat signal went up. I responded. What is the bat signal? Oh, sorry. In my Twitter stream there are people saying Neil, you’ve got to do something about B.o.B. Save him from himself. He’s saying Earth is flat. Then I first said who’s B.o.B? So I quickly looked him up. Oh, he’s a rap star. Okay.
These are people who follow me and B.o.B in the Twitterverse. So what does that Venn diagram look like. How much overlap is there in the two Venn diagrams. In this slice, however narrow, they were pleading to me to do something and so I responded with a video letter. Just kind of putting him in his place.
I think it’s important to combat people who are claiming that they are using math, science, evidence and physics behind their cause when, in fact, they either aren’t or they’re using it badly. That needs to be called out. Otherwise if you just have a belief system I don’t really care. We live in a country that protects free speech which usually also means free thought. If you want to think Earth is flat, go right ahead. But if you start influencing other people who have power over other people and you have no foundation and objective reality it can be dangerous. If you influence people or you yourself become someone who has influence over legislation, laws, rules by which we all abide in society. That’s an unhealthy situation for civilization to be in. If your personal belief system which does not have correspondence in objective reality starts becoming predominant in the thoughts and hearts and minds of civilization.
Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture? | Stuart OdaVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.8 billion. How are we going to feed everyone? Investment-banker-turned-farmer Stuart Oda points to indoor vertical farming: growing food on tiered racks in a controlled, climate-proof environment. In a forward-looking talk, he explains how this method can maintain better safety standards, save money, use less water and help us provide for future generations.
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Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system | Priti KrishtelVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of drug patents granted in the United States doubled -- but not because there was an explosion in invention or innovation. Drug companies have learned how to game the system, accumulating patents not for new medicines but for small changes to existing ones, which allows them to build monopolies, block competition and drive prices up. Health justice lawyer Priti Krishtel sheds light on how we've lost sight of the patent system's original intent -- and offers five reforms for a redesign that would serve the public and save lives.
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Why can't we talk about periods? | Jen GunterVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
"It shouldn't be an act of feminism to know how your body works," says gynecologist and author Jen Gunter. In this revelatory talk, she explains how menstrual shame silences and represses -- and leads to the spread of harmful misinformation and the mismanagement of pain. Declaring the era of the menstrual taboos over, she delivers a clear, much-needed lesson on the once-mysterious mechanics of the uterus.
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A path to security for the world's deadliest countries | Rachel KleinfeldVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
You are more likely to die violently if you live in a middle-income democracy with high levels of inequality and political polarization than if you live in a country at war, says democracy advisor Rachel Kleinfeld. This historical shift in the nature of violence presents an opportunity for everyday voters to act as a great force for change in their unbalanced societies. In this eye-opening talk, Kleinfeld unravels the causes of violence and offers a path to security for the world's deadliest countries.
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The power of the Afro pick | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED seriesThe Afro pick is much more than a styling tool. It's a major player in Black history, explains artist Jon Gray.
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How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system | David J. BierVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
The United States can create a more humane immigration system; in fact, it's been done before, says policy analyst David J. Bier. Pointing to the historical success of the US guest worker program, which allows foreign workers to legally enter and work in the country, Bier shows why expanding the program to Central Americans could alleviate the border crisis and provide new opportunities for immigrants.
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Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution | Suzanne LeeVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.
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Memory hack: Derren Brown teaches the method of loci | Big ThinkMemory hack: Method of loci
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Psychological illusionist Derren Brown shares some of his go-to methods for quick and simple memorization, including the famous method of loci.
One way to easily recall to-do lists is to attach tasks to the items you encounter along a walk you know well, like your route home from the subway station. By linking a bizarre and memorable image to something we want to recall later, we make it easier to memorize.
Brown also reveals his party trick for remembering the names of new people you meet.
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DERREN BROWN:
Derren Brown began his UK television career in December 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control. In the UK, his name is now pretty much synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. Amongst a varied and notorious TV career, Derren has played Russian Roulette live, convinced middle-managers to commit armed robbery, led the nation in a séance, stuck viewers at home to their sofas, successfully predicted the National Lottery, motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet, hypnotised a man to assassinate Stephen Fry, and created a zombie apocalypse for an unsuspecting participant after seemingly ending the world. He has also written several best-selling books and has toured with eight sell-out one-man stage shows.
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DERREN BROWN: We all think we’re terrible at remembering things, we all complain we can’t remember faces or remember names. We can remember faces often but we can’t remember names at a party and we all think we have terrible memories. So, the reality is I think we sort of imagine maybe that some people just have amazing memories and we have images of Meryl Streep who can supposedly just photo read her script. I think these things don’t really quite exist in the way we imagined that they do. All memory techniques are based on the idea of working with what the mind already does, which is forming memorable connections between bits of information so we lock them together. So, for example, to give you a practical example, everything like everything great goes back to the Greeks. This is an ancient Greek technique it’s called the Loci system and you can use this if you need to remember any long list of things. I use this at night if I need to remember stuff I’ve got to do the next day but I’m too tired to write them down. So, here’s what you do: it sounds like a lot of work but it isn’t once you get your head around it. Have a walk that you know around an area that you can create in your mind very easily, so it could be your street, it could be the walk from the subway station to your house or whatever. And all you need along that area are a few set points that you can remember without having to think about it because you know there’s always a zebra crossing there, there’s a post box, mailbox, I’m probably using quite English expressions here, there’s a certain store, there’s a bush whatever just things that you’re very familiar with. Say the first thing you’ve got to remember is I have to take my suit to the dry cleaners and I’ve got to do that tomorrow so you have to make a bizarre image of that thing. Say a suit that is so clean it’s sort of gleaming bright white that you can barely look at it and you attach that to this image of the mailbox so you imagine someone has dressed up the mailbox in a gleaming white suit or is trying to stuff it in but the light is shining out of the little slot, whatever, you just make a bizarre image that links the two and then you forget about it you don’t need to think about it. And then the next thing you do at the next location and the next thing you do at the next location and so on. And as long as you’ve made those images as bizarre and ridiculous as I’m making them sound, which is what’s important, all you do the next day is you just mentally walk down that route again and you go why is there a white suit? Oh yeah I’ve got to take my suit in. And then the next one maybe is, you know, you had to call your mother and what is it? It’s a big shrub by the side of the road so there’s your mother in there waving a telephone from the shrub and there’s branches and leaves caught up in her hair whatever just a silly image that you don’t forget. So, they would do this and the bigger your area of locations are the better. I did this with the history of art I used to read...
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Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare | Colette Pichon BattleVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Scientists predict climate change will displace more than 180 million people by 2100 -- a crisis of "climate migration" the world isn't ready for, says disaster recovery lawyer and Louisiana native Colette Pichon Battle. In this passionate, lyrical talk, she urges us to radically restructure the economic and social systems that are driving climate migration -- and caused it in the first place -- and shares how we can cultivate collective resilience, better prepare before disaster strikes and advance human rights for all.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science journalism has a problem | Big ThinkScience journalism has a problem
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Journalists writing about science have become more science fluent over the past 20 years, but the need to be first and the practice of giving equal exposure to opposing views regardless of scientific evidence (e.g. climate change) has been detrimental to the public's understanding of the facts.
Reporting on science from the "frontier" doesn't provide the full picture because it doesn't give scientists time to verify and re-verify the results of experiments.
Journalists have more power than scientists when it comes to disseminating information, so it's their inherent responsibility to get the facts right.
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NEIL DEGRASSE:
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson".
Tyson's new book is Letters From an Astrophysicist (2019).
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: I remember some years ago, 20 years ago, anytime I was interviewed by a journalist, a print journalist. The print journalism is taking what I said and turning it into an article. So it has to pass through the journalist, get processed and then it becomes some written content on a page. One hundred percent of those experiences the journalist got something fundamentally wrong with the subject matter. And just an interesting point about the power of journalists. I had people read the article and say Neil, you must know better than that. That’s not how this works. They assumed the journalist was correct about reporting what I said. Not that I was correct and that the journalist was wrong. Okay, this is an interesting power that journalists have over whether you think what they’re writing is true or not. I even had a case – I have one brother and a sister. I had a case where they misreported that I had two brothers. And I had a friend of mine who had been a friend for five or ten years say Neil, I just read – I didn’t know you had two brothers. And I said I don’t. Well it says it right here. This is the power of journalism. A mistake becomes truth. That was decades ago. In recent years what I think has happened is there are more journalists who are science fluent that are writing about science than was the case 20 years ago. So now I don’t have to worry about the journalist missing something fundamental about what I’m trying to describe. And reporting has been much more accurate in recent years I’m happy to report. However, there’s something that has not been fixed in journalism yet. It’s their urge to get the story first, the science story, the breaking news about a discovery. The urge to get it first means they’re reporting on something that’s not yet verified by other scientific experiments. If it’s not yet verified it’s not there yet. And you’re more likely to write about a story that is most extraordinary. And the more extraordinary is the single scientific result, the less likely it is that it’s going to be true. So you need some restraint there or some way to buffer the account. I don’t want you to not talk about it but say this is not yet verified, it’s not yet this, it’s not yet that. And it’s been criticized by these other people anyway so be more open about how wrong the thing is you’re reporting on could be. Because other wise you’re doing a disservice to the public. And that disservice is you’ll say people out there say scientists don’t know anything. Well what gives you that idea? Well one week cholesterol is good for you and the next week it’s bad for you. They don’t know what they’re doing. That’s on the frontier. On the frontier science is flipflopping all the time. Yes, if you’re going to report from the frontier it looks like scientists are clueless about everything.
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A swarm of mini drones makes ... magic! | Marco TempestVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Leading a swarm of small, buzzing flying machines, techno-magician Marco Tempest orchestrates a "cyber illusion" that will have you asking yourself: Was that science or magic?
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What a digital government looks like | Anna PiperalVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
What if you never had to fill out paperwork again? In Estonia, this is a reality: citizens conduct nearly all public services online, from starting a business to voting from their laptops, thanks to the nation's ambitious post-Soviet digital transformation known as "e-Estonia." One of the program's experts, Anna Piperal, explains the key design principles that power the country's "e-government" -- and shows why the rest of the world should follow suit to eradicate outdated bureaucracy and regain citizens' trust.
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Why books are here to stay | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED seriesDespite the rise of e-books, physical books aren’t going anywhere. Graphic designer Chip Kidd shares why their design is so lasting.
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The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet | Emma SchachnerVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
We've all heard the theories on why the dinosaurs died -- but how did they come to dominate the earth for so long in the first place? (Hint: it has nothing to do with their size, speed, spikes or fantastic feathers.) Travel back in time to 200 million years before their extinction with paleontologist Emma Schachner for a breath of fresh air on dinosaur history.
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The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals | Leon MarchalVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
The UN predicts that antimicrobial resistance will be our biggest killer by 2050. "That should really scare the hell out of all of us," says bioprocess engineer Leon Marchal. He's working on an urgently needed solution: transforming the massive, global animal feed industry. Learn why the overuse of antibiotics in animal products, from livestock feed to everyday pet treats, has skyrocketed worldwide -- and how we can take common-sense measures to stave off a potential epidemic.
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The search for dark matter -- and what we've found so far | Risa WechslerVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Roughly 85 percent of mass in the universe is "dark matter" -- mysterious material that can't be directly observed but has an immense influence on the cosmos. What exactly is this strange stuff, and what does it have to do with our existence? Astrophysicist Risa Wechsler explores why dark matter may be the key to understanding how the universe formed -- and shares how physicists in labs around the world are coming up with creative ways to study it.
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NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson".
Tyson's new book is Letters From an Astrophysicist (2019).
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Transcript: I think no one would give up the internet today in spite of the problems that it has presented us. It started out oh, this is kind of fun. We can watch cat videos all day or that’s most of the information that came across was instructive or humorous or enlightening. It didn’t start turning mean until a few years in, maybe five or ten years ago. Certainly definitely beginning at least five years ago where people see it as a way to tribalize us. You don’t agree with my opinion, you’re wrong and I’m going to fight you for it. I didn’t grow up in that environment. I don’t think anyone else did either. It was you have a different opinion? Cool. Tell me about it. Let’s go have a beer, we’ll talk about it. Not I will argue with you until you are dead unless you agree with my opinion. I said something’s not right there. And everybody’s got an opinion and so there it goes. The internet is this clearinghouse of opinions but nothing gets cleared. Opinions ossify making it a rather rigid place to navigate.
So we have access to more information than ever before. That’s a good thing. It gives good information some hope. But are we trained? Do we have the tandem training to know whether the information you just were exposed to is legitimate, is it real, is it false, is it true? You can’t just hand people new kinds of information without expecting them to be confused by it without some training that would have occurred before it. Maybe all school curricula should be how to determine reliable sources and now not. How to know when it’s not reliable. Is that in the curriculum? Not last I looked. Maybe in journalism school but not in K through 12. Not in college I haven’t seen much of it. So yes, we need practice. Better yet we need science literacy. Science literacy empowers you to know when someone else is full of shit. And it’s simple. What is science literacy? It’s understanding how things work. How physiology works. How chemistry works. How physics works. Engineering.
All of this. You don’t have to be an engineer or be a scientist. Just understand how certain basic systems work so that when someone is ready to sell you homeopathic medicine where they’ve diluted the active ingredients from the water so that there’s no molecules left in the water and they sell that to you and they’re telling you that the water remembers the medicine that used to be in it. And you’re going to hand money to someone for that. I’m not going to complain to you. I’m going to say let’s go together and look at how you were trained. Let’s look at the syllabus that you were handed when you were in school. Here’s where you’re missing a few things. Here's where you’re missing how to ask questions. Science is not a satchel of knowledge. It’s a way of querying nature and a way of querying other people who are making claims about nature. That’s where the empowerment comes from. It’s an inoculation against charlatans. That’s how you’re going to know the difference going forward.
The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it | Anindya KunduVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
How can we tap into the potential of all students, especially those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds? Sociologist Anindya Kundu invites us to take a deeper look at the personal, social and institutional challenges that keep students from thriving in the United States -- and shows how closing this "opportunity gap" means valuing public education for what it really is: the greatest investment in our collective future.
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Why winning doesn't always equal success | Valorie Kondos FieldVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Valorie Kondos Field knows a lot about winning. As the longtime coach of the UCLA women's gymnastics team, she won championship after championship and has been widely acclaimed for her leadership. In this inspiring, brutally honest and, at times, gut-wrenching talk, she shares the secret to her success. Hint: it has nothing to do with "winning."
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The past, present and future of nicotine addiction | Mitch ZellerVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, killing more people each year than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murder and suicide combined. Follow health policy expert Mitch Zeller into the murky depths of the tobacco industry as he details the sordid history of nicotine addiction -- and invites us to imagine a world where policy change helps stop people from becoming addicted in the first place.
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The beautiful balance between courage and fear | Cara E. Yar KhanVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
After being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that deteriorates muscle, Cara E. Yar Khan was told she'd have to limit her career ambitions and dial down her dreams. She ignored that advice and instead continued to pursue her biggest ambitions. In this powerful, moving talk, she shares her philosophy for working on the projects that matter to her most -- while letting courage and fear coexist. Watch for heart-stopping, vertigo-inducing footage of a trip that shows her living her theory to the full.
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Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED seriesAuthor and cofounder of Plympton, Jennifer 8. Lee, explains how the chopstick spread from the East to the West -- and was designed to give you the perfect bite.
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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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The path to less stress? Strategic pessimism. | Derren Brown | Big ThinkNew videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube
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The centuries old philosophy of Stoicism may hold the key to a kind of happiness that is more grounded in reality.
The two main ideas of stoic happiness are that problems are caused by your reactions to events not the events themselves, and the only things you can control are your thoughts and your actions.
Choosing strategic pessimism over optimism and positive thinking is one way to avoid "unnecessary disturbance and anxiety."
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Derren Brown began his UK television career in December 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control. In the UK, his name is now pretty much synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. Amongst a varied and notorious TV career, Derren has played Russian Roulette live, convinced middle-managers to commit armed robbery, led the nation in a séance, stuck viewers at home to their sofas, successfully predicted the National Lottery, motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet, hypnotised a man to assassinate Stephen Fry, and created a zombie apocalypse for an unsuspecting participant after seemingly ending the world. He has also written several best-selling books and has toured with eight sell-out one-man stage shows.
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So, I became interested in stoicism over the last few years I wrote a book called Happy, which was delving into stoicism. Stoicism was the dominant school of philosophy for 500 years before Christianity took over, so when it did it was the stoics they had to win round. And because of that they incorporated and appealed to a lot of stoic ideas so for that reason they still sound familiar to us nowadays. But when you look into them with the rigor that they were looked into 2000 years ago they provide I think a very useful and realistic as in really grounded in reality approach to happiness. What stoicism says there’s sort of a couple of big building blocks. One is a familiar idea to us still that it isn’t events in the world that caused our problems but is our reactions to those events, the stories we form about them, our judgments about those events that’s where our problems come from.
And we know that to be true because if something is really upsetting us we can always imagine someone we know who would react to that thing differently and as long as we can always do that that’s like a big clue that it’s our reaction that’s causing the problem not the thing itself. Once you’ve got your head around that the other big building block of it is, and I think this is where it’s supremely useful, is that we can only control certain things in life. If we try and control things we can’t we are going to frustrate ourselves and become anxious. The old idea of happiness that the stoic sort of enjoyed was that happiness was a sort of tranquility so this is really all about a recipe for avoiding unnecessary disturbance and anxiety so you don’t try and control things that you can’t. Now, the only things you can control are your thoughts and your actions and that is it. That’s it. And if you accept the idea that everything outside of your thoughts and actions are fine, they’re fine as they are and you let that idea really sort of drip into your soul then you have a very good template for avoiding unnecessary disturbance and anxiety.
There are gray areas that immediately pop up like what about social injustice what if you really want to change the world? That’s outside of my thoughts and actions, but it sort of isn’t. What is outside of your thoughts and actions is an outcome that you can’t control, but what is still within your thoughts and your actions is how much effort you put into changing the world so you can still spend your life trying to create change but your impetus is to do the very best that you can, the best that you can do, but you’re not committing yourself to an outcome that is out of your control. And then, of course, you avoid, you just do a better job because you’re not getting caught up in bitterness and frustration and anxiety. It’s like if you were playing a game of tennis, if you’re trying to win well you’re going to get anxious that the other person is beating you, whereas if you’re playing from a point of I’ll play as well as I possibly can you’re more likely to succeed and become less anxious you’re going to play a better game and a tennis player will tell you that that’s true. So, those are very helpful things and I find that notion of which side of the line is this thing that’s upsetting me? Is it within my thoughts and my actions? It never is. Or is it something on the outside world that is... Read the full transcript here: https://bigthink.com/videos/the-path-to-less-stress-strategic-pessimism.
Want to be a better leader? Take off the mask. | Peter Fuda | Big ThinkWant to be a better leader? Take off the mask.
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There are two kinds of masks leaders wear. Executive coach Peter Fuda likens one to The Phantom of the Opera—projecting perfectionism to hide feelings of inadequacy—and the other to The Mask, where leaders assume a persona of toughness or brashness because they imagine it projects the power needed for the position.
Both of those masks are motivated by self-protection, rather than learning, growth and contribution. "By the way," says Fuda, "your people know you're imperfect anyway, so when you embrace your imperfections they know you're honest as well."
The most effective leaders are those who try to perfect their craft rather than try to perfect their image. They inspire a culture of learning and growth, not a culture where people are afraid to ask for help.
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For two decades, Dr. Peter Fuda has been a Sherpa to leaders, teams and organizations across the globe as a consultant, coach, author, researcher, speaker and professor of management. He has coached more than 200 CEOs to measurably higher levels of performance and his consulting firm has enabled some 50 cases of business transformation at a success rate above 90%.
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TRANSCRIPT: So one of the greatest challenges for us as leaders, particularly in a time of great change and disruption where we need even stronger levels of connection and commitment with and for our people is the wearing of a mask, the idea that we need to put on some kind of pretense as a leader to assume we figured it all out. And I see leaders wear two kinds of masks. There’s the mask of the imposter, the mast of the phantom. The Phantom of the Opera. In Phantom of the Opera I know I’m wearing a mask, you know I’m wearing a mask. I know that you know I’m wearing a mask. The one thing we cannot talk about in this team is the fact that I’m wearing a mask, the mask of the imposter often called imposter syndrome. There’s second mask which is what we might call the mask of the persona. A bit more like Jim Carey’s character in the movie The Mask. He picks up the mask of Loki, an ancient mystical god. It takes over him and he becomes a superhero character called The Mask in order to save the day and win the girl.
And that’s the kind of mask where we’re a warm caring human being at home and then we come to work and we say I’ve got to kick ass and take names because we work in a tough industry. And that creates enormous internal conflict. How this ends up manifesting itself, particularly at very senior leadership levels – CEO, chairman, board level – is that we try and project an image of perfection to the world. In fact, we tend to wear perfectionism as a badge of honor. And the important thing to understand is the perfectionism is about looking good, not doing good. It’s driven my a fear of failure and a security orientation. And the analogy I often use is if you think about a child when it first starts to walk. It crawls, it face plants, it crawls, it face plants, it crawls, hits its head on the table, falls off the couch over and over and over and over and over again.
At no point in that journey do we as adults say look junior, this walking thing may not be for you. You should stick with the crawling. And yet as senior executives we do this all the time. If we can’t master something instantly we say no, I’m not doing that. I will look stupid. We try and project an image of perfection. It creates a great disconnect from not just our people but from ourselves and from the best parts of ourselves. Rather than embracing our imperfections which are the things that make us interesting and human. By the way, your people know you’re imperfect anyway so when you embrace your imperfections they know you’re honest as well. And so the simple distinction for people who want to make this shift is rather than try and be perfect or project perfection, instead be like the child, like you were as a kid yourself and try and perfect the craft. That’s an achievement motivation. This is a security motivation. This is about self- protection. This is about learning and growth and contribution.
How civilization could destroy itself -- and 4 ways we could prevent it | Nick BostromVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Humanity is on its way to creating a "black ball": a technological breakthrough that could destroy us all, says philosopher Nick Bostrom. In this incisive, surprisingly light-hearted conversation with Head of TED Chris Anderson, Bostrom outlines the vulnerabilities we could face if (or when) our inventions spiral beyond our control -- and explores how we can prevent our future demise.
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What we're getting wrong in the fight to end hunger | Jasmine CroweVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
In a world that's wasting more food than ever before, why do one in nine people still go to bed hungry each night? Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe calls for a radical transformation to our fight to end global hunger -- challenging us to rethink our routine approaches to addressing food insecurity and sharing how we can use technology to gather unused food and deliver it directly to people in need.
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How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation | Sinan AralVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly -- citing one of the largest studies on misinformation -- and identifies five strategies to help us unweave the tangled web between true and false.
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Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars | Enrico Ramirez-RuizVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
We are all connected by the spectacular birth, death and rebirth of stars, says astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz. Journey through the cosmic history of the universe as Ramirez-Ruiz explains how supernovas forged the elements of life to create everything from the air you breathe to the very atoms that make you.
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How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health | Henna-Maria UusitupaVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood -- and discusses new microbiome research that could help tackle problems like obesity and diabetes.
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The function and fashion of eyeglasses | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED seriesGlasses were originally created to overcome physical obstacles, but Debbie Millman, host of "Design Matters," shares how they turned into a fashion statement.
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Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans | Kelsey LeonardVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Water is essential to life. Yet in the eyes of the law, it remains largely unprotected -- leaving many communities without access to safe drinking water, says legal scholar Kelsey Leonard. In this powerful talk, she shows why granting lakes and rivers legal "personhood" -- giving them the same legal rights as humans -- is the first step to protecting our bodies of water and fundamentally transforming how we value this vital resource.
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To help solve global problems, look to developing countries | Bright SimonsVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
To address the problem of counterfeit goods, African entrepreneurs like Bright Simons have come up with innovative and effective ways to confirm products are genuine. Now he asks: Why aren't these solutions everywhere? From password-protected medicines to digitally certified crops, Simons demonstrates the power of local ideas -- and calls on the rest of the world to listen up.
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What is economic value, and who creates it? | Mariana MazzucatoVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Where does wealth come from, who creates it and what destroys it? In this deep dive into global economics, Mariana Mazzucato explains how we lost sight of what value means and why we need to rethink our current financial systems -- so capitalism can be steered toward a bold, innovative and sustainable future that works for all of us.
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The paradox of efficiency | Edward TennerVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Is our obsession with efficiency actually making us less efficient? In this revelatory talk, writer and historian Edward Tenner discusses the promises and dangers of our drive to get things done as quickly as possible -- and suggests seven ways we can use "inspired inefficiency" to be more productive.
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The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world | Kathryn BouskillVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Why does modern technology promise efficiency, but leave us constantly feeling pressed for time? Anthropologist Kathryn Bouskill explores the paradoxes of living in a fast-paced society and explains why we need to reconsider the importance of slowing down in a world that demands go, go, go.
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How the compass unlocked the world | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series“Everything that we think of as world history would not have taken place without the compass.” Science curator David Biello explains how the device changed our relationship to the world.
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The profound power of an authentic apology | Eve EnslerVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Genuine apology goes beyond remorse, says legendary playwright Eve Ensler. In this frank, wrenching talk, she shares how she transformed her own experience of abuse into wisdom on what wrongdoers can do and say to truly repent -- and offers a four-step roadmap to help begin the process. (This talk contains mature content.)
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The problem of light pollution -- and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it | Kelsey JohnsonVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Ever gaze up at the starry night sky? This stunning view is at risk of disappearing -- unless we act now, says astrophysicist Kelsey Johnson. In this fascinating, unexpectedly funny talk, she explains how light pollution affects almost every species on earth (including us) and shares five "stupidly simple" things you can do to help solve the problem.
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A video game that helps us understand loneliness | Cornelia GeppertVisit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more.
Step into artist Cornelia Geppert's visually stunning video game "Sea of Solitude," which explores how battling the "monsters" of loneliness and self-doubt can help us better grapple with the complexity and struggles of mental health.
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Taking the #1 spot on Big Think's 2019 top 10 countdown, NASA's Michelle Thaller reminds us the only things that travel at the speed of light are photons.
Nothing with any mass at all can travel at the speed of light because as it gets closer and closer to the speed of light, its mass increases. And if it were actually traveling at the speed of light, it would have an infinite mass.
Light does not experience space or time. It's not just a speed going through something. All of the universe shifts around this constant, the speed of light. Time and space itself stop when you go that speed.
Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars. She is Assistant Director of Science Communication at NASA. She went to college at Harvard University, completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif. then started working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Spitzer Space Telescope. After a hugely successful mission, she moved on to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in the Washington D.C. area. In her off-hours often puts on about 30lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. For more information, visit NASA.
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MICHELLE THALLER: So, Tom, you asked the question, "How does mass increase as you go faster?" And this is really a wonderful part of Einstein's theories. It actually is also relatively slippery and kind of complicated because to even answer this question at all, we have to ask the rather strange question: "What do you mean by mass? What is your definition of mass?" You may have heard that nothing with mass can possibly go at the speed of light. The only things that travel at the speed of light are photons pure energy, light, the speed of light. Nothing with any mass at all can travel at the speed of light because as it gets closer and closer to the speed of light, its mass increases. And if it were actually traveling at the speed of light, it would have an infinite mass.
So think about that. Even if you had a tiny little particle that was, say, billions of times less massive than an electron just a tiny, tiny little piece of mass if for some reason, that tiny thing accelerated to the speed of light, it would have an infinite mass. And that's a bit of a problem. So let's talk about this. One of the things that you really have to realize is the speed of light is very, very special. It's not just simply a speed of something moving through space. As you go faster and faster and closer to the speed of light, time itself begins to slow down. And space begins to contract. As you go close to the speed of light, the entire universe becomes smaller and smaller until it basically just becomes a single point when you're going at the speed of light. And time, as you go closer to the speed of light, gets slower and slower until basically time is a single point at the speed of light.
Light does not experience space or time. It's not just a speed going through something. All of the universe shifts around this constant, the speed of light. Time and space itself stop when you go that speed. So the reason you can't accelerate to the speed of light, and the reason we say you have an infinite mass is a little complicated because the idea that mass actually is a measurement of energy. You may remember Einstein's famous equation, E equals MC squared. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. Energy and mass are equivalent. Mass is basically a measurement of how much energy there is in an object. When you're moving, you have the energy of your motion, too. That's called kinetic energy, energy of motion. So E equals MC squared, now your mass has not just the stuff that's in you but also the energy of your motion.
And that's why mass seems to increase as you go faster, and faster, and closer to the speed of light. It's not that you are actually getting any heavier. The increase in mass is something that's only observed by people that are watching you go by. If you were on a spaceship going very fast at the speed of light, you don't notice anything getting heavier. You are on your spaceship. You could jump up and down. You can skip rope. You can do whatever you want. You don't notice any change at all. But if people try to measure your mass as you go by, they not only are measuring your rest... Read the full transcript here: bigthink.com/.
