You Don’t Actually Know What Your Future Self Wants | Shankar Vedantam | TED
AdultsEducationHumanPsychologySelf"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.
Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyExplore what happens in the brain to trigger procrastination, and what strategies you can use to break the cycle of this harmful practice.
Becoming An Artist: Petrit Halilaj
YouthArtHumanCreativityMeet Petrit Halilaj, the artist who makes colourful worlds all about imagination, his childhood memories and his dreams for the future.
The Boltzmann Paradox
YouthHumanPhilosophyPhysicsScienceArtificial IntelligenceHow do you know you’re a person rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial memories?
The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions
AdultsHistoryHumanSciencePhilosophyFritz Haber is the scientist who arguably most transformed the world. Part of this video is sponsored by Wren.
7 Easy Steps for Finishing Big Projects! Productivity Hacks
AdultsHealthHumanLifeProductivityEducationWritingHi Lovely and welcome to my channel! I'm Jess and I'm an Australian based content creator, best-selling author of The High School Survival Guide, and founder of Educationery; a stationery line for students.
How Society Affects Your Health
AdultsEducationHealthHumanSocietyEconomySociety does a lot to improve our health, from sanitation to healthy foods. But society can have negative impacts on our health as well, and whether or not we get the positive impacts or the negative ones, can often come down to social and economic standing.
The 4 things it takes to be an expert
AdultsEducationHumanSciencePersonal FinanceWhich experts have real expertise?