The power of believing you can improve (TED)
How to you cope with challenge and difficulty? If you fail at something do you curl up into a ball, thinking “I’m nothing or a failure?” Or do you think, “Not yet… [...]
How to you cope with challenge and difficulty? If you fail at something do you curl up into a ball, thinking “I’m nothing or a failure?” Or do you think, “Not yet… [...]
It’s striking that you can put a bunch of young kids from different backgrounds into a room and they’ll find ways to happily play whether they speak the same language or not. [...]
As children we all have dreams. What we’d like to be and do when we grow up. Doesn’t matter whether we come from a first world country or a slum in Nairobi [...]
Almost all innovation be it business, science or medicine comes from outside our narrow specialisation. Fleming who discovered penicillin by accident and observation as did Jenner who discovered milkmaids who’d had cowpox [...]
Raghava KK has been drawing cartoons from the age of 5. In this TED talk he charts his journey through 5 phases of his artistic career. It’s different, and well worth watching. [...]
Political Cartoons have a unique way of pointing out the absurd. Religious cartoons have caused widespread mayhem and deaths. Others have been used as weapons against the other side. Cartoons are a [...]
Did you know economists value the world’s coral reefs in the hundreds of billions of dollars per year? Coral reefs aren’t valuable just for their tourist attraction. Besides providing protection from storm [...]
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. The Harvard [...]
Most people when asked will say they want to live healthy lives. But they don’t take consistent steps to achieving this. The most obvious being diet. Not dieting, but diet. In this [...]
Could a marathon bring a divided nation together, even if only for one day? Lebanon has been racked by civil war and political instability for decades. So how do you introduce the [...]
In an increasingly frenetic world, the need to take time out and just be still has never been greater. We’re constantly bombarded with “stuff” that “demands” our attention. But we never get [...]
Ask most people what they want in life and they’ll probably say “happiness”. But is being happy really all there is and will it fulfil you? In this TED talk Emily Eshfahani [...]
Negotiation and conflict are a part of life. Small conflicts can escalate into large ones, often spanning generations. So could there be a better way of negotiating and possibly solving these no [...]
We’ve all heard that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could take over a lot of white collar professional jobs. So could an AI robot pass the entrance exams of Japan’s top university, The University [...]
I’m sure we’re all familiar with the “orphanage model” so prevalent in developing countries like Cambodia and Vietnam. Lots of us financially contribute to their upkeep firmly believing it’s in the best [...]
What is the consciousness? Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience - and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world [...]
We probably all know someone with Alzheimer’s. It’s a horrible disease that currently has no cure. But what if you could prevent it or at least slow down or remove the symptoms? [...]
A lot of our contemporaries are looking at retirement living options. Many choose retirement villages for the sense of security and community. You can live in your own place, but share meals [...]
Can democracy exist without trust? And is it the best form of government? We certainly believe it in the West. But looking at voting patterns, you’d have to surmise that lots of [...]
Susan Robinson is legally blind and entitled to a label she hates: "disabled." In this TED talk, Susan gives us five tips to fail at being disabled while poking fun at all [...]
As we get older there's a risk we could lose some of our passion for life. Things slow down and just seem harder. We may become dependent on others to accomplish what [...]
How do you go from a 40% to a 93% school attendance in one of the most disadvantaged school districts in America? Stephen Ritz teaches in the Bronx, NY. By involving his [...]
How would you cope if everything was taken away from you? Materially is one thing, but what if you lost almost all control over your body? Could you see it as a [...]
When Eric Dishman was in college, doctors told him he had 2 to 3 years to live. That was a long time ago. Eric’s story highlights the risks inherent in medical specialisation [...]
Prosthetic limbs have come a long way since Captain Hook’s er, hook. Barbara and I vividly remember watching Paralympic runners at the Sydney 2000 games carrying different artificial legs around depending on [...]
There is a direct correlation between a full stomach and academic performance. Former Whitehouse chef Sam Kass relates how schools in America are feeding their students in an effort to help them [...]
Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible — but because it doesn’t look appealing. Over the last 3 – 4 years there’s been a big push [...]
2041 will be a pivotal year for our planet. That year will mark the end of a 50-year agreement to keep Antarctica, the Earth’s last pristine continent, free of exploitation. Explorer Robert [...]
Could the washing machine be the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution? Hans Rosling, professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, expounds why in this very funny, and enlightening talk on [...]
How much sleep do you get and how does it affect you? Most of us don’t get anywhere near enough and the effects can be quite dire. Everything from obesity, high stress, [...]
Every big city suffers horrendous traffic congestion. Government’s solution – build more roads or enlarge existing ones! But what if you completely rethought the problem using biology? Nature, through evolution always finds [...]
We all crave acceptance. Being part of the tribe. So many of us will hide aspects of our true selves, exhibit false personas, or act in ways that aren’t us in the [...]
Companies are losing control. What happens on Wall Street no longer stays on Wall Street. What happens in Vegas ends up on YouTube. This short TED talk by Tim Leberecht on “3 [...]
Last week’s TED talk examined the dichotomy between business and charity. How we expect business to make a profit, while charities have to scrape by. And why we should change our thinking [...]
Ever feel stressed out by the “lack of available time”? You’re frustrated, feel pulled from pillar to post, always on the go. We all have 168 hours in a week. Between work, [...]
This talk on how we relate to charities really struck a nerve. I was unpleasantly surprised that I held every one of the misconceptions Dan Pallotta calls us out on. Honestly, watching [...]
We constantly hear about how technology is going to displace workers and take our jobs. And while to some extent this is true, here's a paradox you don't hear much about: Despite [...]
Leonard Bernstein said two things are necessary for great achievement: a plan and not quite enough time. But first you have to dream big. Dan Pallotta speaks of the dichotomy of big [...]
Did you know Apple owes its success to VisiCalc, the first computer spreadsheet system? Conceived and designed by Dan Bricklin in 1979, spreadsheets have revolutionised business computing. In this TED Talk, Dan [...]
In life, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Givers tend to give of themselves without expecting anything in return. Takers, well, take with no quid pro quo. [...]