TED: Fördelarna med att inte vara en idiot mot sig själv
After more than two decades as an anchor for ABC News, an on-air panic attack sent Dan Harris’s life in a new direction: he became a dedicated meditator and, to some, even a guru. But then an anonymous survey of his family, friends and colleagues turned up some brutal feedback — he was still kind of a jerk.
In a wise, funny talk, he shares his years-long quest to improve his relationships with everyone (starting with himself) and explains the science behind loving-kindness meditation, and how it can boost your resiliency, quiet your inner critic and simply make you more pleasant to be around.
TED: Är videosamtal det bästa vi kan göra i metaverse?
Fjärrarbete, samtidigt som det omdefinierar arbetsplatslandskapet, verkar ha fastnat bakom ändlösa videokonferenssamtal som hindrar fritt flödande samtal och samarbete. På 2000-talet, är det verkligen det bästa vi kan göra?
Den digitala antropologen Josephine Eyre argumenterar för att omfamna metaversen som en uppslukande mötesplats som kan hjälpa till att återuppliva kreativitet och kommunikation.
TED: Kampen för frihet i Iran och Ukraina
Neutrality isn’t an option when it comes to the fight for personal and political freedom, says world-trotting journalist Christiane Amanpour. Offering context on some of the most significant stories impacting the world today, Amanpour details her experience covering the women-led protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran and shares insights on the war against totalitarianism in Ukraine, revealing realities missing from global reporting. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event on November 21, 2022. Visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.)
TED: Så här utvecklas vaccin – och därför är de säkra
Bringing transparency to how a vaccine becomes a vaccine, Dr. Jen Gunter breaks down research, development and testing that makes these life-saving therapeutics safe — long before they reach your local pharmacy. For more on how your body works, tune in weekly to her podcast Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter, from the TED Audio Collective.
TED: Tre sätt som bra design gör dig glad
In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed.
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