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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

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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

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

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

that most doctors don't like talking about, and pharmaceutical companies like talking about even less. It's for the number needed to treat.

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

but we could all choose to multitask less and monotask more why not designate one block of time to

Slow Thinking

For a long time, my love for books was more cloistered, less zealous. But, in

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

has an inordinate impact on who you will become. But what we hear less about is that there's such a thing as adult development,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Well, the 20-year-old version of me, I'm very confident, was a much less impressive version of you. Three years into college,

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

But quantity pushes out quality, and they started spending a lot less time with each other in person.

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

to keep to themselves that morning reported having a less pleasant and happy commute than those we asked to connect with the person sitting next to them.

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

When I feel grateful, I write a note and send it off. When I need help, I’m less reluctant to ask for it. When I know someone needs some support,

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

this position allows the spine to maintain its natural curve. However, it may be less than ideal for your sleep partner. For some people, lying on their back can cause the soft tissues of the throat

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

level four and level five. If it is anything less than that -- if you have to be behind the wheel,

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

Then there’s the risk of putting a sleep-deprived teen behind the wheel. Studies have shown that getting five hours or less of sleep per night is the equivalent of driving with a blood alcohol content above the legal limit.

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

School absences dropped by 25% in one district, and they're less likely to drop out. Not surprisingly, they do better academically.

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

or constantly changing your bedtime, can take its toll. Regularly getting less than seven hours of sleep each night is linked to all sorts of health issues,

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

that they slept, on average, 33 minutes a night longer, and they were awake for ten minutes less each night. They also reported that they felt they slept better,

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

is that we're not getting enough and that anything less than seven hours a night means that we’re doomed to bad health,

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

Look closely at a brain, at any brain, and it becomes less and less plausible that all that's going on is just turning some numbers into other numbers

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

Approximately 8% of patients diagnosed with chronic insomnia are actually suffering from a less common genetic problem called delayed sleep phase disorder, or DSPD.

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

Right now, these five collectively, competitive net worth, less than one percent of their net worth, has been donated to charity: 0.9 percent.

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

not only harms your long-term health, but actually makes it less likely that you'll retain all that knowledge and practice from the previous night,

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

it's celebrated. Not less than, not better,

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

When we negotiate, we are less likely than men are to be successful and we're at a higher risk of backlash.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | 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

It turns out I had accidentally violated the gender norms of negotiation and derailed my career in less time than it takes to get a latte. That set me on a path to research the role of gender in negotiations,

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

Here's another one. Instead of "I want to work less," you could use the formula to say something like,

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

her name is Spring Washam, 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,

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

to work up to this type of feedback, they are much less anxious in the delivery. So those behaviors I opened with of people fidgeting,

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

than we ever have been in history. We're less likely to compromise, which means we're not listening to each other.

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

whereas people that see it as happening based on effort are less lonely five years later. So what does that tell me?

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

they underestimate how much the other person likes them. So this research really suggests that we're less likely to be rejected than we think.

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

OK, I'm afraid they're going to reject me, but that's less likely to happen than I actually think. I should assume that they're going to like me.

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

He said that sensing this acceptance, the speaker will become less and less vulnerable and more and more likely to open up the inner recesses

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

you may have repeated unplanned interaction with your colleagues, less so now that we're doing more hybrid and remote workplace, right? But we're often not as vulnerable in the workplace.

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

one study found that the more time people spend together at work, the less close that they feel. And so we need to recognize that as adults,

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

The research basically finds that if I make a friend, I'm not only less depressed, but my spouse is too. It also finds that when you get into conflict with your spouse,

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

I heard another American there and I knew, you know, he's less likely to reject me than I think. I also knew the research on transitioners, right?

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

So I knew this guy's a transitioner and he's less likely to reject me than I think. So I'm going to engage with him.

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

I'm saying congratulations to you, that's actually linked to less loneliness and is something that actually makes us feel more satisfied in our relationships.

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

They're more likely to maintain friendships. They're less likely to dissolve friendships. They're more generous towards other people

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

but I promise you this is going to be so much less awkward than you think it will be, and the benefits are immeasurable.

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

The more connected I became, the more responsible I felt, the less I was able to let go in your presence. The third child doesn't really come back.

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

or asking you questions but couldn't care less about your answer, others notice when you're doing it back.

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

Now boundaries kind of have a bad reputation, right? Some people think of them as an excuse to work less. Others as a reason to say no to everybody and everything.

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

because they haven't yet learned they should feel that way. I think a lot of us would love to take more risks and feel less awkward. So what gives?

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

So my client proceeds to explain about the stories about Black folks' homes being appraised for less when there's evidence that the homeowners are Black.

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

decreased sense of accomplishment, where you just keep working harder and harder for less and less sense that what you are doing is making any difference;

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

Transcend recently surveyed 70,000 students across the US. Less than half said they loved school. Two thirds said it's boring.

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

Two thirds said it's boring. Less than four percent said they get a chance to explore and be in charge of their own learning.

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

as helpful for their performance, well, they were less stressed out, less anxious, more confident, but the most fascinating finding to me

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

Absolutely. Stress is less about what you're facing and more about believing you can cope.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

We can create so much damage if we're going 100 miles an hour, but so much less if we're going five miles an hour. When our emotional mind is on fire, it's so hard to think clearly.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

Like nothing happens if you slow things down, less happens. JK: Another round of applause for Dr. Jenny Taitz.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

whose jobs and identities neatly align. And here was my idol, a professional poet no less, telling me that it's OK to have a day job.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

in your life where work is not an option. Unlike mere intentions to work less or set better boundaries, time sanctuaries require infrastructure.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

by joining communities who couldn't care less about what you do for work. For example, I love to play pickup basketball,

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

we all must invest in aspects of our lives beyond work. We shouldn't just work less because it makes us better workers. We should work less because it makes us better people.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

We shouldn't just work less because it makes us better workers. We should work less because it makes us better people. This isn't just about you and me.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

as on the Italian mainland, less than 200 miles away. There are 10 times as many centenarians

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

to cut salt in their diet or to eat less fried foods or to stop smoking

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

Black men, in particular those with high blood pressure, are less likely to have a primary care doctor than other groups.

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

She was spending more time at work and with her family and less time shuttling back and forth between the emergency rooms of Los Angeles.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

And less people are familiar with the fact that in your 30s, sorry everyone, you

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

She says that now that her teeth are clean, she's a little less stressed about tomorrow's problems. And this approach can work with any care task

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

And here, in the background, you now see a picture that might, more or less, be brought about by only the involvement of the rods. And what you can see is that it's only shades of gray,

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

And beyond the effects on sleep, we know that patients in brighter rooms experience less pain and less stress. And also the effects of daylight on mood are well established.

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

when they're uncomfortable talking about topics like death, since “unalive” sounds like a less scary word. And in many ways, this is nothing new.

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

and think more generally about what it takes to make AI less data-hungry. Imagine if we trained our kids

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

then he can immediately solve new problems and generalize using far less training data than any AI system would do. I don't just throw millions of math problems at him.

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

You can see that with this there's much less confusion and frustration. And the receptionist and I were able to establish a connection.

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

could treat many more of these diseases, and for less than one percent of the cost of new drug development, and way faster.

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

expensive and very difficult to scale. As a result, it is thought that less than 200,000 corals are planted across the world's oceans each year,

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

are ways to make the messy middle a little less messy they're reassuring things we can do when

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that Black American gangs aren't inherently violent. Less than three to five percent of so-called gang members are actually committing violent crime.

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

are 15 times more likely to be harmed by violence, but yet three times less likely to get help. And for Black males ages 14 to 25,

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

the goal of solving the climate crisis is way less important than other goals, such as, especially, increasing energy access to developing countries,

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

that's where the emissions increases are due to take place. And yet they only receive less than 19 percent of the world's financing for clean energy,

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

could have 100 percent energy access using less than one percent of its land. Most, including the country we're in,

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

Most, including the country we're in, less than 0.1 percent of their land. What else are they ignoring?

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

So the official data on how much solar is installed in Pakistan is that there's less than three gigawatts in the country. But more solar modules left China for Pakistan in 2022 alone.

Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED · TED

And it's most obvious that solar is helping there in markets with less unmet need for power. Take California, for example.

Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED · TED

there's more wealth that can be rooted, there's less extraction, and there's really just a more thriving working class.

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

“Well, there’s lots of algorithmic improvements, and you will need less power." There's an old rule, I'm old enough to remember, right?

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

in months, not years. That approach has allowed us, in less than eight years, to build autonomous fighter jets for the United States Air Force,

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

to real-world combat-validated capability in less than 24 months. And we did it using our own money.

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

faster and safer. Anything less is a betrayal because that technology is available today.

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