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refused to signed the final adoption papers she only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I

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devastating I really didn't know what to do for a few months I felt that I had let the previous generation of

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months it means to make sure everything

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

intestines put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor I was sedated but my wife who was there told

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

facing death and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades having lived through it I can now say this to

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

she was on her feet, moving to the music. And they watched for a few minutes, and he turned to her mother and said, "Mrs. Lynne, Gillian isn't sick.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

A few years ago, I broke into my own house. I had just driven home,

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

It's something that he had gotten from the psychologist Gary Klein, who had written about it a few years before, also called the pre-mortem.

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

is taking off across the country. So it started with a few agencies. Hundreds of agencies are now using it.

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

for every emergency is that a drone shows up in a few seconds to provide targeted information

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

And I was told not to worry. But in a few decades, with billions of dollars in subsidies, we have dewilded the ocean,

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

because the stories are really cause for hope. But let me just share a few. Chile's coast and shoreline offshores

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

but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

and it’s working. Just a few years ago, there were only a very few turtles.

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

Just a few years ago, there were only a very few turtles. Now there are hundreds -- with protection.

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

the genie back in the bottle. But in the last few years, humanity has mobilized, and we are putting the genie

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

has hurt or helped your relationship more?" We took a few weeks to explore that question, and they decided to test it out.

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

It's the perfect grassroots project. You bring in a few young Israelis and Palestinians. You put them somewhere nice -- maybe in a retreat location in Europe.

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

and I couldn't do anything about it. And a few months later, the Second Intifada started

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

but I still wanted to come and see him. He was a boy I had diagnosed with a bone cancer a few days before. He and his mother had been meeting with the chemotherapy doctors

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

next to his bed. She came out in the hall to chat with me for a few minutes. It turned out that what she had been reading

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

ask a ton of questions and even smash a few things along the way. If everything goes according to plan,

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

They went out, celebrated, fancy dinner, opened a bottle of champagne. The only problem was a few weeks later, she started to notice another nodule in the same area.

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

What happens? TM: Yeah, I think, you know, I'll answer the question in a few ways. My uncle was actually a truck driver too,

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

through tomorrow. Microsleeps are unpredictable periods of sleep that last for only a few seconds and are triggered by sleep deprivation.

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

He campaigned, he lobbied, he made calls. Just a few days before the argument, about two weeks,

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

and cannot die. Now over the last few years, progress in AI has been simply astonishing.

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

Many experts think that conscious AI is possible. Quite a few think it's inevitable, and some, some think it's here already. I think they're wrong.

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

Later, it was a telephone exchange. And for the last few decades, it's been a computer. And this most recent metaphor has been extremely powerful.

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

and we even often reveal beauty that we didn't think was there. I think it's important for us to talk about gross things for a few reasons. So, first of all, talking about gross stuff

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

because we were there -- I mean, a few decades ago. And today we are given the opportunity

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

the Milošević regime was trying to kill us. And just a few days ago, I participated in the funeral of a pastor,

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

Well, you can drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming and practicing, but believe it or not,

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

Wealth disparity is some of it. In a few weeks, if SpaceX goes public as scheduled,

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

So why do we remember some things and not others? Well, there are a few ways to influence the extent and effectiveness of memory retention.

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

I was back. I built 44 projects in just a few months. And the latest one was a WhatsApp bot.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

but that's OK, I can get a game of tennis in and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight." And they think that means they are so incredibly busy and productive,

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

It's kind of hard to explain. It took me a few weeks. And then I did something stupid.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

and there's little we can do to fix the problem. But there's a lot I have learned over the past few years, and I want to share with you

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

Anybody single here? I mean, there should be quite a few of you, because in the US, the percentage of American adults who have never been married

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

about how to negotiate successfully as a woman. Maybe give you a few examples of how this works, right? So instead of saying,

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

A few years ago, I signed up for something called a 360 review. (Laughter)

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

turned me into a quasi self-help guru. And a few years into this trip, I decided that I wanted to get a sense of whether my inner work was having outer results, you know?

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

OK, so keep this thought in your mind. You can think about it for a few moments, because in a couple minutes,

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

just with the mere thought of being called upon today? Hey, a few of you. How many people would actually be excited about that opportunity?

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

and you would do it even though you secretly hated me the whole time? A few of you. Don't worry, I'm not going to actually do this.

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

It was the organism trying to protect itself. And when I stopped fighting them, they calmed down for a few seconds. I didn't have to slay them.

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

and it shouldn't take up too much time. Maybe a few minutes a couple of times a week to start. The instructions are really simple. Find a reasonably quiet place.

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

And so as I'm sort of stumbling back into the hallway, I'm thinking about a few things that I have learned through studying friendship so intensely.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

So when we perceive that, "Oh, I haven't talked to this person in a few months, I'm going to assume that friendship is asleep, not that it's dead,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

But then I took a question with me. And I've gone to more than 20 countries in the last few years with "Mating in Captivity," and I asked people,

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

And across culture, across religion, and across gender -- except for one -- there are a few answers that just keep coming back. So the first group is:

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

Write down your answers every day, every few days, over the course of a month. And at the end of that month, look back at your answers.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

and the benefits are immeasurable. How do you think I spent those first few weeks after getting laid off?

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

in the aftermath of my layoff is how I won my first few big contracts. It's how I was able to take that little side hustle

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

Don't we have everything you need together, you and I?" then there are a few little reactions that all of us can pretty much recognize.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

So in this dilemma about reconciling these two sets of fundamental needs, there are a few things that I've come to understand erotic couples do. One, they have a lot of sexual privacy.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

But in truth, I didn't really know what to do and I fumbled for a few more years. My clients were remote most of the time.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

You really need to build in time to connect. That could mean holding a few minutes in the beginning of meetings to chit chat or to ask questions to learn more.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

We know this. I'm going to give you a few examples of how you can do this. The first could sound something like,

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

I need to go change my top. I'll be back." A few minutes pass by. She returns to the call, and she's in a plain black shirt.

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

So now, several hundred of these walking meetings later, I've learned a few things. First, there's this amazing thing

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

there's a lot of nonsensical humor. And very few of them have taken up regular usage of deodorant. (Laughter)

3 Skills Every Middle School Boy Needs | Jerome Hunter | TED · TED

And as we were walking along this narrow strip of road, a few of the trucks reared by us so close, and out of their tailpipe was the specter of mob violence.

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

because we're most responsive to everything around us. And after I tried this medicine of just sitting quietly a few times, I noticed something strange.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

For that reason, it's one of the few places where we can fearlessly be ourselves and just ... talk.

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

with the same telltale sign of allergies. A few minutes later, in asking Veronica some questions, and examining her and listening to her,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

isn't making the fixes he's required to make." Veronica came back in a few months later. She agreed to all of those treatment plans.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

This is how I've started to think, and this is certainly how I've been thinking in the last few months as I've been working on the book that will soon be published,

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

by the year 2020. But we only have a few thousand upstreamists out there right now, by all accounts, and that's why, a few years ago, my colleagues and I

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

But we only have a few thousand upstreamists out there right now, by all accounts, and that's why, a few years ago, my colleagues and I said, you know what, we need to train

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

a swooping banana seed and Ape Hanger handlebars a few days later I was riding around my neighborhood in Georgia when

How to master life transitions with Bruce Feiler

I like to consume videos about urban design, and a few months back, I got a video about how great it is to be a “parking lot-pilled pavement princess.”

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

Many people don't even know where it came from. But for the few people who might be interested in the underlying idea,

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

that we could bend these bad power laws down to much better exponentials, where adding a few more data points could reduce your error, rather than ten-xing the amount of data.

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

to be able to make films that stand the test of time. It took us a few decades after the invention of computers, to figure out how to make computer games

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

job moved his family across the country then started a few days after the Great Recession sales cratered and soon he was out of a job

Superpower

there's a contest you enter, the finalists from a few weeks before, three finalists,

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

and a teacup filled with rice a few weeks later she saw a thumbprint in the cup

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But then, we applied again. And just a few months ago, we received this really transformative funding.

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

to be able to repurpose dozens and even hundreds more treatments. Now we've only been running our full pipeline for a few months, but we're already helping patients.

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

that were harmful to the environment and local economies. At home in Kenya, outside a few targeted programs, a few schools provided kids meals,

The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED · TED

At home in Kenya, outside a few targeted programs, a few schools provided kids meals, but it was often expensive and inefficient.

The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED · TED

a few years ago a friend asked me to give a friend of hers advice

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and following the steps of leaders like Brenda and Lyle, but very few essential community organizations have the know-how to become a permanent part

The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED · TED

And for those of us who use Fahrenheit, 126.7 degrees. A few days ago in Pakistan, 50.5 degrees. That's 122.9 in Fahrenheit.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

and the humidity goes up, the few areas in the world today that are labeled physiologically unlivable for human beings

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

Is it realistic to ignore this crisis? Look at what a few million climate refugees have done to promote authoritarianism and ultranationalism.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

According to the IEA, all of the fossil fuels are projected to peak within the next few years. We've seen, since the Paris Agreement, a complete turnaround

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

We forget that we have power in it. It just takes a few people to start. And you don't have to necessarily have a complex set of skills.

A Bold Idea to Rebuild the Working Class | Molly Hemstreet | TED · TED

city of Cologne erected a public clock a few years later cologne passed a statute fixing the start and end of the workday

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not enough platforms to carry those weapons. American warships, too slow and too few, sink to the bottom of the Pacific under anti-ship missile swarms.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

the United States would forever lose its ability to protect our way of life. And with so few willing to solve that problem, I decided that I would try my best.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

that give every one of our superheroes superpowers, to name just a few. We also build counter-drone technology like Roadrunner here,

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

More troops, more tanks, more firepower. But over the last few decades, the defense industry has spent far too long handcrafting exquisite,

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

kicking a ball around in the park with a few friends isn't good enough anymore your child has to be in a soccer Clinic

Family

Now, I can't turn you all into digital forensics experts in ten minutes. But I can leave you with a few thoughts. One, take comfort in knowing

How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED · TED

and our systems were barely able to recognize handwritten characters. But then a few years later, they were able to recognize objects in images.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

We thought AI would happen in decades or centuries, but it might be just in a few years. And I saw how it could go wrong because we didn't,

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

Well, bad news. Recent studies in the last few months show that these most advanced AIs

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED