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and I brought the bird inside to show them, of course, because I have a problem. And one of the people watching this stream made a short video of this moment,

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

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and I brought the bird inside to show them, of course, because I have a problem. And one of the people watching this stream made a short video of this moment,

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

And then eventually, because I was reaching so many people with Bean's story, the zoo that I worked at started allowing me to bring animals

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

every drawer was beautifully hand cigraph because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes I

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

And I said, “Yeah, duh.” Because who wouldn't do that? Who in their right mind wouldn't do that?

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

Apparently that was pretty motivating, though, because over the course of a 21-hour-long live stream, we fundraised $573,000.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

something your gut Destiny Life Karma whatever because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life because almost everything all external expectations all

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

a microscope the doctor started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

escaped it and that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life it's life's

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

I'm saying all this with a smile on my face. Not because I don't understand language. I just know there's far more for my feelings in store.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

But if you ask about their education, they pin you to the wall, because it's one of those things that goes deep with people, am I right? Like religion and money and other things.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

It's a habit. Because even in the very worst of times when it seems that I'll always feel down,

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

We have a huge vested interest in it, partly because it's education that's meant to take us into this future that we can't grasp.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I mean, truly, nothing at all. And because I take small joys most seriously, they stack up to be rather tall.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

That doesn't mean my reserves of joy can't be regularly topped up and updated. Because joy is not just a fanciful thing; it's a whimsical, powerful tool.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

I spent even longer believing contentment was ambition's worst enemy, when in fact we matter because we exist. We deserve joy by virtue of this.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

Some say easily pleased, I say frequently happy. Because you deserve it. Because I do too.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

Because you deserve it. Because I do too. In our everyday,

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

We were sitting there, and I think they just went out of sequence, because we talked to the little boy afterward and said, "You OK with that?" They said, "Yeah, why? Was that wrong?"

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Do you? Because you don't think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven?

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Mind you, they'd had their fourth anniversary, because it's a long time when you're 16. He was really upset on the plane.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

(Laughter) because she was the main reason we were leaving the country. (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

which has really come to dominate our view of intelligence, because the universities design the system in their image. If you think of it,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

brilliant, creative people think they're not, because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job, it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

to carry on playing video games, because you need an MA where the previous job required a BA, and now you need a PhD for the other.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

this is probably why women are better at multitasking. Because you are, aren't you? There's a raft of research, but I know it from my personal life.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

about all the problems Gillian was having at school, because she was disturbing people, her homework was always late, and so on. Little kid of eight.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I couldn't go back to my friend Jeff's house for the night because I had an early flight to Europe the next morning, and I needed to get my passport and my suitcase.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

this is the right question to be asking at the start of this course because the first step to slowing down is

Running

and, you know, with all the cortisol in my brain, but I didn't know it was cloudy because my thinking was cloudy. (Laughter)

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

pay a price fast you is less healthy because rushing around without enough rest is a one-way

Running

ticket to emotional mental and physical burnout fast you is less creative because the Richer more creative mode of thought

Running

slow down fast you is miserable because studies show that being in the moment boosts

Running

pleasure and emotional well-being fast you is more lonely because relationships thrive on two things that

Running

And you also want to think about things like quality of life. Because you have a choice oftentimes, do you I want a shorter life that's pain-free,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

or your libido, or your immune system, because if you're body is expending metabolism on those things and you don't react quickly,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

It was able to find that, unfortunately, there was somebody on the tracks, but because of the drone, they knew exactly where he was. They were able to guide in first responders,

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

Honestly, it's even safer for the suspect because they know exactly where he is and what he's doing. Since SFPD has implemented this technology,

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

I had my Hermes 3000 typewriter with me, technically portable at 14 lb because I wrote stories.

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

saying out loud and over and over why because the taboo against slowness still runs deep in our culture second

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late for because the pressure and temptation to speed up are relentless

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I was already a vegetarian. I had to keep walking with him because he had my typewriter and I was in love

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

speak, and still he kept showing up because God's love was the greatest thing he had ever known,

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

>> Like a Hari Krishna, I didn't do this because of what I needed. I had books.

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

would always have books. I fought for books because you need them. The summer before we opened Parnassus

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

You can speak out against book banning. >> >> Because books are not the things endangering our children. >>

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

We need to treat all of it with respect. Part of the reason for my wish was because of what I've seen, what I've explored,

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

Okay. Awesome, twentysomethings really matter. So, I specialize in twentysomethings because I believe that every single one of those 50 million twentysomethings

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I was told 50 years ago to be afraid of sharks. Now I'm afraid because I don't see sharks when I go diving. We've eliminated more than half of them

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

after the long history that preceded humankind. There is hope because around the world, people are doing what they can to restore what has happened to the coral reefs.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

so sometimes I think I married my husband because he was the closest chair to me at 30." Where are the twentysomethings here?

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I wish I could tell you about all of them because the stories are really cause for hope. But let me just share a few.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

At 25, Emma came to my office because she was, in her words, having an identity crisis. She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

a lot of us just surrender to others or to other things. We say, well, we can't do that because of my parents, my childhood, my circumstances, my DNA, my crappy luck.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

We just can't do it because we're under control of others or other things. And it's just BS.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

problem for our ultra-social species, because a lot of our evolved bonding mechanisms involve our bodies.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

damage in the anxious generation, because I focused on the mental health outcomes. That's where we have to That's data,

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

a funny term, but it might really be true because the adolescent brain is always

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

and that you can leave little pieces of yourself in many others, and you can do it because you control you. So get ’er done.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

or that it cares, because it doesn't. There could be a role for AI therapists someday,

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

And second, because now we know that being a digital native does not confer an advantage.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

does not confer an advantage. For many kids, it's a curse because it messes with a kid's attention systems

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Absolutely not. Because that would mean that nobody depends on us.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

what most thrills me. Because this movement is not primarily about

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

for parents and legislators. Because when it comes to children,

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

What we've been witnessing with Iran is just the most visible example, because it’s been sending shockwaves well beyond its borders: in energy prices, in trade routes disruption

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

If we're honest, a lot of us would. And it's not because we're not open-minded, but we've been taught that these are warning signs

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

to help those who are trying to make peace hold. Because this is the challenge of our time. How do you build peace?

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

but with principled pragmatism. Because principled pragmatism is self-interest with a spine. I recently became a proud Swiss,

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

It felt like a vacation because they would spend the entire week planning their time together and savoring every moment they had together.

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

And I hated it. Not because I do not believe in empathy -- and by the way, I love hummus.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

(Laughter) But because when I went home, the reality stayed hard, complicated, unsafe,

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

So I named the tension plainly because anything softer would be dishonest. "We are here out of urgency

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

and responsibility for our own people. Because the status quo neither delivered security to the Israelis, nor dignity nor an end to the occupation for the Palestinians.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

the future you want for your children. Because, you see, common ground does not begin with moral agreement -- it begins with self-interest.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

So let me tell you what we've done differently, because this is where the old peacemaking toolbox often misfires. We did not organize this around the grassroots,

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

And I called it STIR on purpose, because if you do not stir the room, you get positions sitting next to each other forever.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

The status quo is not sustainable because it neither delivers security to the Israelis nor an end to the occupation of the Palestinians.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

if we resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because it's the key fault line that continues to fuel radicalization. So my lesson is this:

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

I jumped on it, because that was where Bill Gates lived, right? (Laughter)