How native speakers pronounce “being”

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Stanford and all of my workingclass parents savings were being spent on my college tuition after 6 months I

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

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Stanford and all of my workingclass parents savings were being spent on my college tuition after 6 months I

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

So a five-dollar donation made online results in treats being dispensed via this automated feeder. To date, that treat feeder has generated over $38,000

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

entrepreneurs down that I had dropped the Baton as it was being passed to me I met with David Packard and Bob noise and

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

of the thousands of eyes on them at any given time. Not being open to the public means that our animals are less stressed by the unpredictable factors that come with people visiting.

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

the best thing that could have ever happened to me the heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again less sure about everything it freed me to enter

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

(Laughter) If we're being strict about it, wherever he went, he was four that year. He was in the Nativity play. Do you remember the story?

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

If they don't know, they'll have a go. Am I right? They're not frightened of being wrong. I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Am I right? They're not frightened of being wrong. I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong. And we run our companies like this.

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

Because you don't think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? I never thought of it.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

(Laughter) Being sent to bed by his dad, to Shakespeare, "Go to bed, now!" To William Shakespeare.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

really, before the 19th century. They all came into being to meet the needs of industrialism. So the hierarchy is rooted on two ideas.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

and seeing our children for the hope that they are. And our task is to educate their whole being, so they can face this future.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Or at least if bad things happen, will minimize the likelihood of it being a total catastrophe. So I started thinking about that,

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

fast you is miserable because studies show that being in the moment boosts pleasure and emotional well-being

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show that being in the moment boosts pleasure and emotional well-being fast you is more lonely because

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You ought to know about what the technology is capable of, how it’s being used in every facet of society, so we can have the discussion about what we want to do with it.

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

Small children coming to storytime, being read to, learning to read themselves will grow up to be great

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

Connecting with others. Mangroves are being restored in 15 Hope Spots. Seagrasses in 12,

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

Seagrasses in 12, turtles are being monitored in 26 places, 30 for sharks and rays.

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

and jobs in a healthy ocean. A new class of submersibles is being built that will take scientists,

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

The best time to work on your marriage is before you have one, and that means being as intentional with love as you are with work.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I want you to spend the next 10 minutes being absurdly self-indulgent, which is advice I would almost never otherwise give people.

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

piece by piece, day by day, on their terms. If we're being honest, a lot of us just surrender to others or to other things.

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

adolescent brain is always a brain that's being remodeled. The neural network of a child has to

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

Which means that puberty is the worst possible time for a human being to be on social media.

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

market. Chatbots are being put into dolls and teddy bears.

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

we need to protect them from the damage being done in the digital present. >>

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

what we see is that these technologies are being built by people who don't understand that premise.

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

but all too often keep our true selves to ourselves. If being socially connected is so darn good for us, then why do we so often seem to be so darn unsocial?

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

now sitting hip-to-hip with another perfectly reasonable human being. And what did we do for the next 30 to 45 minutes with each other?

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

So that was one version of me, and I would die to avoid being in that situation again -- to get rejected in public again.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

expressing support to someone in need, being open and honest in our relationships all tend to be received, on average,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

about how other people might respond. Being overly pessimistic doesn't mean we should reach out all the time, or that it always turns out well;

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

What are the unknowns? What are the experiments that are being done? Do this little exercise with me.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

We're at the beach, being driven by a ghost. Waymo: Almost there.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

then we have a responsibility to figure out how to do it. Doesn't mean, though, that we're not being met with opposition. And so we also have the burden of making those policymakers,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

I think what you're saying is how comfortable are humans with this technology being better drivers than humans? You know, it goes back to the status quo.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

to be the most attentive at the moment when being most attentive is least convenient. And so to me, that is not --

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

However, over time, what I’m starting to see just from us is there are new jobs being created. So we have running our fleet,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

most associated with learning, memory consolidation, and emotional processing. But it's not just my kid that's being deprived of sleep. Sleep deprivation among American teenagers is an epidemic.

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

Many of the, shall we say, unpleasant characteristics that we chalk up to being a teenager— moodiness, irritability, laziness, depression—

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

The Face ID system used to unlock your phone is being repositioned into headphones and glasses, where it can recognize microscopic muscle movements just beneath our skin,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

Now I think we'll choose to merge because the alternative, being replaced, is far worse. But every major transition in the history of life has a condition:

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

You’re acing these flashcards! Right now these dates and names are being stored in an area of the brain called the hippocampus.

What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna Rothschild

and qualified for Section 8 -- which is a subsidized housing program. I remember being told not to mention my father when the assessor came by, because it would reduce the support we needed.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

but because it bought us freedom. That's when performing stopped being something I did for fun and something we relied on.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

but because survival taught her to value propulsion. Moving forward mattered more than being healed. My mother was terrified I wouldn't survive,

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

or that relaxed post-exercise feeling. Don't worry, these ones are not being detected by those roadside drug tests, so you can continue with your marathon training.

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

assembling some furniture, navigating a tricky family situation. Consciousness, on the other hand, it's all about feeling and being. It's the difference between normal, wakeful awareness

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

And at the heart of every experience, beneath even emotion, is this simple, shapeless and formless but fundamental feeling of being alive. And in this story,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

It is not a living mind. It might give the impression of being conscious, but it is vanishingly unlikely that it actually is.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

we reduce and we diminish what it is to be a living, breathing human being in a real world. (Applause)

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

Now the seductive power of this vision -- of being at such a pivotal point in the history of life on Earth -- I suppose it's understandable.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

about pain, about things going wrong, about things being destroyed. But at the same time,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

(Laughter) You know, we're desperately trying to avoid being gross all the time, so I think many of us take this kind of voyeuristic delight

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

AH: OK, I want to pick up on something you said there, which is about being in those rooms and when you have a decision that conflicts,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

And based on how we talk about prediction, we're being much too naive about it. But AI is science, you might think.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

Since they are about the future, they cannot be challenged for being false, thereby creating the perfect recipe for hidden injustice.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

in which citizens will be on their best behavior because we're being watched all the time. But the illusion of a world without crime

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

because it creates unfair, self-fulfilling prophecies. Plus, if we're being billed according to individualized predictions, that means that we’re basically paying for our own way,

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

that means that we’re basically paying for our own way, and insurance loses its reason for being solidarity and the pooling of risk. It might be that in cases in which fairness matters,

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

Even though self-fulfilling prophecies are nothing new, they are being supercharged by AI in ways that make it more urgent than ever

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

You know, Bruno Mars in his song "Billionaire" sings of dreaming of being on the cover of Forbes magazine, standing next to Oprah and the Queen.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

with a fifth of your body's circulatory blood being channeled to it as you drift off. And what goes on in your brain while you sleep

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

So a high IQ does not mean that you're a good leader, because the essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic.

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

(Applause) While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg,

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

the solo movement, where being single isn't just tolerated, it's celebrated.

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

The spinsters who used it could earn their own money and escape being owned by a husband or a father. With the invention of birth control and greater access to education

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

work together and stay ambitious, hope stops being a thing we wait to feel and becomes something we create.

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

This causes us to miss out on opportunities, earn less and frankly, messes around with our mental well-being. Fun, right?

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

By 10:10, I was being told I was no longer a "culture fit," which meant I wasn't getting that job.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

The first blow was that some reviewers noted that I had a penchant for being rude to junior staffers, which was deeply embarrassing.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

You can start to feel yourself getting a little tingly just with the mere thought of being called upon today? Hey, a few of you.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

she kept insisting that if I wanted to be less of a jerk to other people, I needed to start by being less of a jerk to myself, which I thought was the kind of thing you hear

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

and that anxiety is regulated by being over-the-top nice to these folks. We also find that these individuals tend to be more synchronized to

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

but I don't really want to comment on all those other kinds of forms of being timely. And when we do the kind of general feedback that is negative,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

that we need an entire community to feel whole. And just being around a spouse, for example, only surfaces one side of ourselves.