How Craving Attention Makes You Less Creative: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Transcript)

Education / By / September 20, 2019 11:01 am

Following is the full transcript of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s talk titled “How Craving Attention Makes You Less Creative” at TED conference. In a refreshingly honest talk, he explores how the attention-driven model of big tech companies impacts our creativity — and shares a more powerful feeling than getting attention: paying attention.   Joseph Gordon-Levitt – …

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Wabi-sabi: The Magnificence of Imperfection by Cheryl Hunter (Transcript)

Education / By / September 20, 2019 5:42 am

Following is the full transcript of author Cheryl Hunter’s talk titled “Wabi-sabi: The Magnificence of Imperfection” at TEDxSantaMonica conference.   Cheryl Hunter – TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT There are experiences that we share. Things that we all go through by virtue of being human. They unite us, these experiences that we share, and perhaps none unite …

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Why Do We Dream? – Amy Adkins (Transcript)

Education / By / September 20, 2019 4:07 am

In the third millenium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. A thousand years later, Ancient Egyptians wrote a dream book listing over a hundred common dreams and their meanings. And in the years since, we haven’t paused in our quest to understand why we dream. So, after a great deal …

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Re-educate The Immune System: Gerald T. Nepom at TEDxRainier (Transcript)

Health / By / September 19, 2019 11:59 am

Gerald T. Nepom – TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT I’m here to talk with you today about a remarkable part of our bodies: the immune system. It’s a story that has some drama to it, it has some mystery, it even has a little bit of science. The immune system protects us, right? Protects us from viruses, …

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What if There’s Nothing Wrong With You: Susan Henkels (Full Transcript)

Education / By / September 19, 2019 1:56 am

Following is the full transcript of psychotherapist Susan Henkels’ talk titled “What if There’s Nothing Wrong With You” at TEDxSedona conference.   Susan Henkels – TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT I’ve been a psychotherapist for over 45 years, listening to everything that’s wrong with people. And I was listening to a woman once talk about her whole …

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Say your truths and seek them in others: Elizabeth Lesser (Transcript)

Education / By / September 19, 2019 12:51 am

Elizabeth Lesser – TED Talk TRANSCRIPT Like many of us, I’ve had several careers in my life, and although they’ve been varied, my first job set the foundation for all of them. I was a home-birth midwife throughout my 20s. Delivering babies taught me valuable and sometimes surprising things, like how to start a car …

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What Makes A Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study On Happiness by Robert Waldinger

Education / By / September 18, 2019 3:31 am

Following is the full transcript of American psychiatrist Robert Waldinger’s talk titled “What Makes A Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study On Happiness” at TED conference. You can download this transcript as PDF (Link at the end of this post).   Robert Waldinger – TED Talk TRANSCRIPT What keeps us healthy and happy as …

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DESSA: Can We Choose to Fall Out of Love? (Transcript)

Education / By / September 17, 2019 4:16 am

https://youtu.be/-seMFHOxZhI   DESSA – TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT Hello, my name is Dessa, and I’m a member of a hip-hop collective called Doomtree. I’m the one in the tank top. And I make my living as a performing and touring rapper and singer. When we perform as a collective, this is what our shows look like. …

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The Skill of Humor: Andrew Tarvin at TEDxTAMU (Transcript)

Education / By / September 8, 2019 5:23 am

Andrew Tarvin – Humor Engineer (TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT) Six years ago, I was sitting out with some friends in New York City when I got a notification on my phone. And I was surprised to find that I had a text message from my grandmother. I was surprised, because my grandmother at the time was …

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Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace: Amy Edmondson (Transcript)

Education / By / September 8, 2019 4:35 am

Amy Edmondson – TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT A nurse on the night shift in a busy urban hospital notices that the dosage for a particular patient seems a bit high. Fleetingly, she considers calling the doctor at home, to check the order. Just as fleetingly, she recalls his disparaging comments about her abilities, last time she …

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