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The vision was to build an animal sanctuary that nobody visits -- or at least not in person. We would rescue animals and build huge animal enclosures,

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

and they were locked tight. I thought about calling a locksmith -- at least I had my cellphone, but at midnight, it could take a while for a locksmith to show up,

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

that will prevent bad things from happening? Or at least if bad things happen, will minimize the likelihood of it being a total catastrophe.

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

You might change your mind in the heat of the moment, but at least you're practiced with this kind of thinking. Remember, our brain under stress releases cortisol,

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

It's not cheating. It's the science of how information spreads. Last but not least, Emma believed that you can't pick your family, but you can pick your friends.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

people to greatly reduce their social media use for at least a week, their levels of anxiety and depression

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

I've turned countless strangers into friends or into acquaintances at least -- even if just for a moment.

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

I decided to dedicate a year of my life to making the world's least boring microcontroller tutorial video. Step one: you make a bait package like this.

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

while fewer favor back-sleeping, and stomach-sleeping is the least preferred overall. But of course, individual sleep styles are highly personal:

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

This can then lead to tension and stiffness in the morning. Take, for example, the least popular position: sleeping prone. Of the four, this also tends to be the least recommended by sleep experts,

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

Take, for example, the least popular position: sleeping prone. Of the four, this also tends to be the least recommended by sleep experts, as it's thought to stretch the natural curvature of your spine.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

SK: It’s worth triply underlining what you just said: over 10 times safer, at least based on the current data. We were talking earlier,

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

So if you're like me, you might be feeling at least a bit unmoored by how fast everything is changing.

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

and I'm here to talk about why cannabis for treating insomnia is complicated. Humans have been using cannabis for at least 5,000 years. We've been using it to make clothes,

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

so it's only been in the past 20 or so years -- since it's been legalized, at least for medicinal use, in some countries --

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

and with AI, the wave is a big one. The AI we have is already smart, at least in some ways. But could it ever be conscious?

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

which exchange signals and may do computation, or at least something like it. But there's so much else that escapes the confines of the digital.

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

that power today's AI. The brain is not, or at least not just, a computer made of meat. And so consciousness is very unlikely to be a matter of computation alone.

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

And if this is true, then conscious AI is off the table, at least for AI as we know it today. Let me put it another way.

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

and floating off to eternity in a silicon cloud of living, or at least existing forever in the pristine circuits of some future supercomputer.

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

not to the dead sand of silicon. AI might claim the prize of intelligence, at least in some ways, but consciousness,

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

But here's the deal. Elon is no richer, not much richer at least when you measure by GDP, John D. Rockefeller

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

if you install OpenClaw on your work machine, at least with the default settings, you might get fired.

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

CA: Well, definitely, if humanity goes down, I'll be very grateful for at least the rise in Mac mini sales for a period of time.

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

(Laughter) And how many of you know at least one person that you avoid because you just don't want to talk to them?

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

But in fact, people report that this entertainment factor is the least important quality they look for in a friend. And the most important quality that they look for

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

I had a whole invoicing system, I had at least one client on retainer, and I was getting ready for the biggest professional milestone of my career,

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

a lot of us have. Studies show that at least one in four employees globally have experienced burnout.

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

Aim to interact with five different people each week, to strengthen at least three close relationships overall, and to spend one hour a day connecting.

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

than people who just rushed to get their coffee and go. Next, strengthen at least three close relationships. OK, we've all heard of a to-do list,

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

Make sure that you invest in the names of at least three of the people that you write down. By scheduling regular time together,

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

and running at almost 10pm each night. It was a tough year, to say the least, but at least this arrangement allowed us

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

It was a tough year, to say the least, but at least this arrangement allowed us to create a healthy and supportive environment together.

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

if restaurants and grocery stores, or at least all of the ones you can afford, sell an abundance of high-sugar,

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

Research also shows that individuals living in socially cohesive communities, or at least those with strong social connections, have better health outcomes

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

and both carried huge risks. Or at least I thought they did. But what I learned is when it comes to taking a risk in the moment,

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

because I care a lot about how this shows up in the workplace, because we all, you know, at least for now, until the AI gets us, have to go into the workplace.

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

One collage actually had to have had at least 25 different images of Kim Kardashian. And this wasn't an isolated incident.

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

So let's now look at her data in summary, going from the least powerful predictor to the strongest. OK?

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

they live longer and they have more surviving offspring. At least three stable relationships. That was the magic number.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

under the open sky, but try to make it at least 30 minutes per day. Now let's finally talk about sleep.

Why Daylight Is the Secret to Great Sleep | Christine Blume | TED · TED

getting them to buy or endorse. Well, that's at least the theory. So we've all seen brands

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

Well-being, honesty, autonomy. I think this is the very least we should expect from any business relationship.

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

when the goals of machines and humans go horribly awry, at least for one of the parties. Cartoons don't happen in a cultural vacuum.

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

many agree that a story contains at least two objects or events connected over time

Meaning

So we should be moving in this direction, not least because it creates three times as many jobs for each dollar spent

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

And us software people, we just use it and use it and use it. And when you look at planning, at least in today's algorithms, it's back and forth and try this and that

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

it's been well studied, that there's an increase in at least a factor of 100, maybe a factor of 1,000,

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

And if you can't quit, at least do not let this be your primary source of information, because it is simply too riddled with lies and conspiracies

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

and wishing and maybe trying to figure out some way that I could stop this thing, or at least slow it down a little, I remind myself,

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

This is unrealistic. At least sometimes, you can't wait for retirement to start a family,

How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TED · TED

but what they have in common is that each one inspired at least one person who was watching. Researchers think that

How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED · TED

we saw that nearly a third of the world's population reported giving at least some money to charity in the past month. Remarkably, in every major region of the world,

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

Within a month, the article would receive over 8 million views, and I was, to say the least, underprepared for this sort of attention.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

that you think is going to blow people's minds? Give us at least a hint of what the next big jaw dropper is. SA: The thing that I'm personally most excited about

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

that we acted with precaution. I think a lot of your questions earlier would suggest at least some sympathy to the fact that we've operated that way.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

You need to know where you are going individually and as a couple. At least know where you don't want to end up. Otherwise, your resources will be scattered,

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

Specific, rewarded, not expected. Last but not least is the loving behaviors. Loving behaviors show us you don't fall out of love.

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

the Germans and with the Europeans in 2025 so at least for this year I think the Europeans stand strongly and are

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

shape our relationship. By a show of hands, who in here knows at least one intercultural couple? Maybe it's even you.

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

but they are competitive enemies, to say the least. And so,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

during the conflict discussion, it was at least five to one. And examples of positive responses were

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

Cut 75, 80 percent of the workforce at Twitter and at least operationally, functionally, added features and so forth.

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

if you change your diet, you exercise, the weight will come off. Or at least we hope so. (Laughs)

How to Live a Meaningful Life | Brian S. Lowery | TED · TED

Yeah, I think about facing challenges. I think that you need at least three things to be able to overcome a big challenge.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

you can't literally visualize it, at least for me, I can't keep the fight going. And I remember this back from when I was in the intensive care unit.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

you'd have been like, no way. Or at least I would have said it. I can't do that, I can do this one thing,

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

but I can't do that other thing. But I think taking those little tiny, bite-sized pieces, at least for me, I think that helps me be able to do this sort of stuff.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

would you send your kid down to hell at least without you? And then um I think

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

leaves many of us feeling that arranged marriages are old and irrelevant. At least I did until I came across some rather compelling research. Now I'm going to suggest

Is Your Partner “The One?” Wrong Question | George Blair-West | TED · TED

It is cars are my least favorite thing. I'm

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

and by political i mean poetry is political at least three ways one what stories we tell

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

Because I think the narrative we've all been told, at least certainly by Sam Altman and maybe some other AI executives, is that we've got to lock this technology down,

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

and haven't solved anything, but at least I have a new poem out of it. Spoken-word poetry is the art of performance poetry.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

to soak in every ounce of spoken word that I could. I was the youngest by at least a decade, but somehow the poets at the Bowery Poetry Club

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

He burned all his poetry at the age of 24 and then did not write another poem for at least seven years because he couldn't rectify the life of a poet

Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life

What could I do to prevent each of these bullets from happening, or, at the very least, decrease the likelihood even a little bit? So for getting depressed in London,

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

back to doing fear-setting at least once a quarter. It's not a panacea.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

what's happening to them is also happening, at least at some level, to us. And all that can accidentally put us center stage.

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

have no self and no needs and no agenda. Or at least they know how to override all that for the main character who is not us.

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

Hardly anyone who's been in a long marriage hasn't at least wondered how it is that the object of their desire has become so burpy and farty.

To Love Is to Be Brave | Kelly Corrigan | TED · TED

none of them exercise, at least the way we think of exercise. Instead, they set up their lives

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED

that ideally have some mathematical guarantees or at least some practical guarantees around what they do. CA: Do governments have an essential role here

How AI Is Unlocking the Secrets of Nature and the Universe | Demis Hassabis | TED · TED

do continue to always improve. The best salespeople at least once a week do activities with the goal of improvement.

Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about | TED · TED

that the world, at least the physical world, could be tested and understood,

How to spark your curiosity, scientifically | Nadya Mason

if they were sick or scared. And what we find is that having at least one person in your life who you feel really has your back,

The Secret to a Happy Life — Lessons from 8 Decades of Research | Robert Waldinger | TED · TED

And only two out of five spent time outdoors at least once a week. The other three out of five were just staying inside.

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris

I was surprised to realize that they often felt the least powerful of all, and most of these leaders perform mental gymnastics

Clover Hogan: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable | TED · TED

this complicated love story and relationship with nature? Why is this at least equally important as big tech solutions? Well, it does not help anybody to get stuck in the sorrow and sadness.

Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action | Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

and they weren't turning into second dates. I figured that I couldn't be the least dateable person in New York City, but I had to admit that there was some room for improvement.

How to Unlock Your Flirting Superpowers | Francesca Hogi | TED · TED

So here are a few things that aren't compliments, or at least aren't particularly good ones. Saying "You're hot"

How to Unlock Your Flirting Superpowers | Francesca Hogi | TED · TED

Either way, it's a win. Last but not least is the flirting style of playfulness.

How to Unlock Your Flirting Superpowers | Francesca Hogi | TED · TED

in disciplines ranging from health, leadership skills, ethics, and beyond. What's particularly interesting is that those with the least ability are often the most likely to overrate their skills to the greatest extent.

Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning

and didn't have much chance of stepping outside of that. And nowadays, at least some of us can choose our sense of home, create our sense of community,

Where Is Home? | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

how whenever society needs to change, that change is inspired at least in part by the artist. I thought about how dictators and despots regularly murder and discredit artists.

R. Alan Brooks: When the world is burning, is art a waste of time? | TED · TED