How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Explore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?
Keep Calm And Recover From Surgery Faster
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyCan keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."
Why AI Will Spark Exponential Economic Growth | Cathie Wood | TED
AdultsHistoryHumanTechnology...Investor Cathie Wood explores this unique moment in technology, which she sees as being marked by the simultaneous evolution of five pivotal innovation platforms — a scenario unparalleled in history.
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychology...One day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. Wilson had been working for the mysterious League of Red-Headed Men.
The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychology...From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they do, says David McWilliams.
Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED
AdultsCreativityHistoryHuman..."Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.
How to overcome your mistakes
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Explore what prevents us from learning from our failures, and how to become more resilient through cultivating a growth mindset.
Why Korea is Dying Out
AdultsHistoryHumanScience...Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?
How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media | Luis Von Ahn | TED
AdultsEducationHumanTechnology...When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok?