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and since Windows just copi the Mac it's likely that no personal computer would have have

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

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and since Windows just copi the Mac it's likely that no personal computer would have have

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

but now you're thinking, "Five percent, not very likely it's going to happen to me, I'll still take the drug."

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

that's 15 people. You're 15 times more likely to be harmed by the drug than you are to be helped by the drug.

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

I gained their trust. People were more likely to say yes to me. And then I learned I could fulfill my life dream ...

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

and had a very different conversation with the patient afterwards. I said, "Most likely I've gotten it all and you're most likely good to go,

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

I said, "Most likely I've gotten it all and you're most likely good to go, but this is the experiment that we're doing.

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

In our work with teens from LA Unified School District, we found that teens with sleep problems were 55% more likely to have used alcohol in the past month.

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

Teens from districts with later start times get more sleep. They're more likely to show up for school. School absences dropped by 25% in one district,

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

Like, what might be the brain chemicals that are causing this amazing sensation? One likely candidate is the neural hormone oxytocin, and you might have heard of this as “the love hormone.”

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

It makes us more psychologically vulnerable. We might be more likely to do what an AI says if we believe that it really feels for us,

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

But we should resist. The sacrament of the algorithm is most likely an empty dream, delivering not post-human Paradise, but silicon oblivion.

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

and you say, "How about eight o'clock?" they're likely to tell you, "Eight o'clock is too late for me, but that's OK, I can get a game of tennis in

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

Singles give more time, they're more likely to care for elderly parents and disabled friends, more so than their non-single counterparts.

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

designed especially for women, that will make you much more likely to get what you're asking for? I want to share a story.

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

shows that when women use a relational ask, we are much more likely to be successful and we actually strengthen the relationship.

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

but is not a jerk about it, makes you more likely to reach your goals. Now, I will cop to the fact

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

I still go down the toilet on the regular. But I'm much more likely to access the upward spiral these days. In fact, three years after my 360, I got another one, because I never learn.

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

about a third of American teenagers send more than a hundred texts a day. And many of them, almost most of them, are more likely to text their friends than they are to talk to them face to face.

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

which is a phenomenon wherein when strangers interact and predict how likely the other person is to like them, they underestimate how much the other person likes them.

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

And when we assume we'll be liked, we make it more likely that we actually will be liked. Whereas other research finds that people that tend to assume that they're rejected,

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

the speaker will become less and less vulnerable and more and more likely to open up the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | 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

which indicates that we decide how much to invest in a relationship based on our view of how likely we are to get rejected. So when we show people "I like you," we're telling them,

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

But what qualities do we see in them? They're more likely to initiate friendships. They're more likely to maintain friendships.

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

They're more likely to initiate friendships. They're more likely to maintain friendships. They're less likely to dissolve friendships.

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

or boring thing about your day," you're more likely to get a better answer. So in a similar way,

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

So if they signal that they don't care about connecting with others, their employees are likely to follow. On the other hand,

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

or if you'd have clean water for your morning coffee or tea? Likely the answer is no. For most of us in this room.

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

but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying

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

showing that men in rich countries are twice as likely to die as women are at any age.

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

Nothing bad can come of it, and something good, possibly very helpful, may likely emerge. Maybe we can just all try this together

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

why do women live longer than men? And one major reason is that women are more likely to prioritize and groom their face-to-face relationships

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

It's why women who have breast cancer are four times more likely to survive their disease than loners are. Why men who've had a stroke who meet regularly to play poker

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

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

I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now -- it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. So Jesus, what a thought!

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

It's going to lower your risk of death from heart disease." Now, you might be likely to invest if that product was a drug or a device,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

Plus, not to forget about the effects of supposedly fresh air." But there is one factor that most likely outweighs the effects of fresh air and perhaps even physical activity,

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

When you prompt it, it will rely on what it has seen before to create a likely continuation. But content 3.0 goes beyond text,

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

where people might just blindly believe AI outputs. And I'm afraid this means that people will just be more likely to accuse others of lying just because an AI says so.

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

Residents in low-income urban communities of color are 15 times more likely to be harmed by violence, but yet three times less likely to get help.

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

Here are all the past projections from the International Energy Agency of what solar energy was likely to do, their projections year by year. And here is the reality of what has actually happened.

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

The details are still being sorted out, but this access to market is likely to be based on methane intensity. That is the total amount of methane emissions

The Best Way to Lower Earth's Temperature — Fast | Daniel Zavala-Araiza | TED · TED

largely closed models, largely under very good control. China is likely to be the leader in open source unless something changes. And open source leads to very rapid proliferation around the world.

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

I'm worried about this fight. Dr. Kissinger talked about the likely path to war with China was by accident.

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

Once we have that, we're going to be even less likely to interact with each other. We can't resist our social media and our phones,

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

we won't have any more time left to connect with each other, and most likely, this relationship won't be healthy either. Relationships that keep us addicted are almost always unhealthy,

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure,

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED · TED

and how it changes and grows in response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED · TED

not because they are not important. OK, people actually are not more likely to adhere to their important compared to unimportant goals.

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

they will be tempted to take office supplies for personal use, they were less likely to do that compared to those in the control group.

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

The research shows that the more grateful you are, the more likely you are to help others. When you're in a bad state,

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

Which maybe some of you have. Mine is very likely more encouraging. And so, with her voice in my mind,

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

Or, if you ask someone for directions, they're very likely to invite you home for coffee. We see these unwritten rules most clearly when they're broken,

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

you can press that button and you give your son likely the most unbelievable life, but also you inject a 10 percent chance that he gets destroyed.

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

is if I think that you like me, I like you back. It's more likely that I like you back. Now these daily signals need to change as we change over time.

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

years time you're going to have midterms and frankly it's more likely than not the Democrats will come back in the

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

12 months even though there's no trust in it is likely to get it's likely to deteriorate significantly but also

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

saying is that Trump onomics actually is likely to be a much more significant downside risk this time around precisely

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

with the incoming prime minister of Canada likely to be Pierre PV as soon as humanly possible because the Canadians

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

that over the course of the year we are likely to get a ceasefire now 2 point around that the first is before the

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

Iranians and a trump Administration will come to an agreement it's more likely that we're heading towards direct confrontation

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

the US European trade and Technology Council likely to be Unwound under Trump so all of these early stage efforts that

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

DF: Almost instantly, right? To come up with predictions on how likely drugs are to work in new diseases, it's really mind boggling.

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

is the wrong question. In fact, I believe that's a question that is more likely to lead to divorce. But before we look at better questions,

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

the children from the families where their parents had divorced were more than twice as likely to be divorced themselves or to be unemployed.

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

or to be unemployed. They were more likely to smoke on a daily basis and drink alcohol to excess.

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

and drink alcohol to excess. They were much less likely to complete a university degree, with daughters a staggering 58 percent less likely to do so.

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

They were much less likely to complete a university degree, with daughters a staggering 58 percent less likely to do so. And girls, apparently more vulnerable to parental marital breakdown than boys

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

And girls, apparently more vulnerable to parental marital breakdown than boys were more likely to suffer from a range of psychological problems. It is said that alcoholism is not a spectator sport.

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

from a global perspective, a marriage today is more likely to be arranged than not. Moreover, for 95 percent of recorded history,

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

10, double digits playing at the park together, what is likely to happen? and

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

and 50% of the parents said they were likely to be kidnapped.

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

There will be other dawns, nights, gaudy noons. Likely, I'll lose my way. There will be stumbling, falling,

4 Powerful Poems about Parkinson's and Growing Older | Robin Morgan | TED Talks · TED

It has taught me that this body will birth kin who are more likely to be held in prison cells than to hold college degrees.

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

But we don't talk about the probable, what’s actually likely to happen due to the incentives, and how the business models of maximizing engagement

Why AI Is Our Ultimate Test and Greatest Invitation | Tristan Harris | TED · TED

that is suspended over nails, screws and broken glass? Yes, highly likely, GPT-4 says, presumably because it cannot correctly reason

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED · TED

I'm not imagining that the smaller is the better either, by the way. It's likely that there's right amount of scale, but beyond that, the winning recipe might be something else.

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED · TED

as the most crucial elements. We're less likely to consider the role of our imaginations. In many parts of our life, we are really great at imagining.

The Relationship Between Sex and Imagination | Gina Gutierrez | TED · TED

She found that bright girls were quick to give up. The higher the IQ, the more likely they were to give up. Bright boys, on the other hand,

Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani

They found it energizing. They were more likely to redouble their efforts. What's going on?

Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani

because if you are, you're far more likely to walk a difficult path in life. Many children in this study were born into poor families

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

and it's clear now that those disadvantaged children have been more likely to struggle on almost every score. They've been more likely to do worse at school,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

have been more likely to struggle on almost every score. They've been more likely to do worse at school, to end up with worse jobs and to earn less money.

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

so children who had a tough start in life are also more likely to end up unhealthy as adults. They're more likely to be overweight,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

are also more likely to end up unhealthy as adults. They're more likely to be overweight, to have high blood pressure,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

and then decades down the line, more likely to have a failing memory, poor health and even to die earlier. Now, I talked about what happens later,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

ones who had ambition for their future, were more likely to escape from a difficult start. It seems that parents and what they do are really, really important,

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

and then showing an interest in their education at the age of 10, were significantly less likely to be in poverty at the age of 30 than those whose parents weren't doing those things.

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson

The data showed that those children who were going to bed at different times were more likely to have behavioral problems, and then those that switched to having regular bedtimes

Lessons from the longest study on human development | Helen Pearson