av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 17, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s latest book, ”The Anxious Generation,” is shaping cultural conversations and sparking fierce debates about the role of smartphones in society. In this timely conversation, he investigates how a smartphone-based childhood, amplified by overprotective parenting, is driving the mental health crisis among young people.
He also explores the push for phone bans in schools and the concrete steps we can take to improve the mental health of young people around the world. (This conversation was hosted by Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily. Visit ted.com/membership to support TED today and join more exclusive events like this one.)
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 13, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
Online democracy advocate Eli Pariser explains the details surrounding the August 2024 arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov by French authorities — and what it means for the future of tech oversight and free speech. (Recorded live on Wednesday, September 4, 2024)
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 9, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED
Is AI as smart as it seems? Exploring the ”brain” behind machine learning, neural networker Alona Fyshe delves into the language processing abilities of talkative tech (like the groundbreaking chatbot and internet obsession ChatGPT) and explains how different it is from your own brain — even though it can sound convincingly human.
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 6, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
”Bonk” author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. (This talk is aimed at adults. Viewer discretion advised.)
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 29, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
In our tech-driven, interconnected world, we’ve developed new ways and rules to court each other, but the fundamental principles of love have stayed the same, says anthropologist Helen Fisher.
Our faster connections, she suggests, are actually leading to slower, more intimate relationships. At 12:20, couples therapist and relationship expert Esther Perel steps in to make an important point — that while love itself stays the same, technology has affected the way we form and end relationships.
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 16, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
It can take over a decade to develop a single new medicine, with many failing in pre-clinical research or clinical trials.
Computational biologist Aviv Regev shares how AI can transform this development process, crunching massive amounts of data at scale to create precise, life-saving medications to the millions of patients who need them.
