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Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

I know that that's true. No one makes it through their whole life intact. If you talked to every pillow I've had in my life,

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

(Laughter) So there is a mountain of technology under the hood that makes this stuff work. Drones are deceptively small, but they're actually on par

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

as far away from the front door as possible, so that when a child makes a break for it, you have the maximum

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

I really tried to become a student of what does it take to be successful and what makes great people great? What brings them real success?

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

But the tree that stands out by itself makes those relationships that define a tree, the relationships between trunk and roots and branches,

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

I had your undivided attention. And that makes for the most fertile brain soil, because learning is best when it’s attached to a visceral experience.

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

but science. Which makes it cooler than magic. Mr. Beast: I knew it felt too light.

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

until bacteria figured out a new trick, photosynthesis, which makes oxygen. Now at the time, oxygen was poison.

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

And I’m not talking about those puffs of air they blow into your eyeballs. That just makes my eyelids flutter thinking about it. But instead it’s when they bring out the wheels of lenses.

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

There are other reasons we should avoid creating AI that seems to be conscious. It makes us more psychologically vulnerable. We might be more likely to do what an AI says

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

they would have missed the bigger thing about sea hares that makes them really remarkable. It turns out that these sea hares have a small number of very large neurons,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

It turns out that these sea hares have a small number of very large neurons, which makes them excellent to use in neuroscience research. And, in fact, the scientist Eric Kandel used them in his research

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

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

But what all of it does is support the system that makes all of us prosperous. Thank you.

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

And that is this. If getting married makes you happy, why is it that the happiest places on Earth

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

Instead of telling people what we really think, what we really feel, we do the nice thing that makes us incredibly uncomfortable. Now one of my favorite findings illustrating this effect

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

is not selfish. It makes you better at loving other people. And the flip side of this was on full display in my 360.

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

they don't own you as much. And all of that makes you more generous and more available. If that sounds grandiose or touchy-feely to you,

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

everyone has some hidden, amazing thing about them. And honestly, I think it's what makes me a better host. I keep my mouth shut as often as I possibly can.

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

you have this phrase in your book where you say, “Connecting to others makes us ourselves.” And it's about much more than just the pleasure of connection there.

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

But if we understand more broadly the importance of friendship and how it makes every other relationship in our life better, we will see that there's actually synergy between these relationships.

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

That my spouse having friends outside of this relationship is what makes them a better spouse for me. WPR: So, so much of it has to do with the way we just think

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

And the most important quality that they look for is someone who makes them feel like they matter. So for me, if I want to connect with someone,

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

"Hey, you're not going to get rejected if you try to be friends with me." And that makes people really feel safe connecting with us, right? So I was both engaging with these people

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

that if you're just passively scrolling on social media, doomscrolling, it makes you more lonely and negatively impacts your mental health and well-being.

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

that's actually linked to less loneliness and is something that actually makes us feel more satisfied in our relationships. So if we want to have deep virtual connections, it's certainly possible.

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

where you talked about the concept of super friends. So what makes someone a super friend, and how can we all strive to be super friends?

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

And why is the forbidden so erotic? What is it about transgression that makes desire so potent? And why does sex make babies,

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

You're sore, and then you're strong. It makes sense. When things are going well,

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

that's the greatest risk of all. It makes me cringe to have to correct someone about my name. It makes me cringe even more to imagine walking through life

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

It makes me cringe to have to correct someone about my name. It makes me cringe even more to imagine walking through life as someone who allows other people to call her the wrong name.

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

better performance and better retention. It's the alignment that makes the achievement possible. It's the alignment that helps you embrace the most awkward situations

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

which research actually says backfires and makes things even more awkward long term -- been there, done that --

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

and it has to do with stress. For years I've been telling people, stress makes you sick. It increases the risk of everything from the common cold

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

and the idea is this: Stress makes you social. To understand this side of stress,

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

that strengthen close relationships. Oxytocin makes you crave physical contact with your friends and family. It enhances your empathy.

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

It enhances your empathy. It even makes you more willing to help and support the people you care about.

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

It's as much a part of your stress response as the adrenaline that makes your heart pound. And when oxytocin is released in the stress response,

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

to the mere mention of those years, and it makes sense. Middle school is a time like no other.

3 Skills Every Middle School Boy Needs | Jerome Hunter | 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

so they wouldn't open, and she makes them with her daughters every Sunday and distributes them by the dozens to neighbors and friends.

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

that I realise it's the best investment I will ever make. Because when reality makes a house call, as it will more than once in every life,

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

who mean a lot to you, but, like, do you talk to the guy who every day makes you your coffee? Do you talk to the postman?

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

Why not think about it this way? Because it makes as much sense as anything else I have ever heard in terms of explaining the utter maddening capriciousness

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

whoever is willing to play ball, let's bring in to create a solution that makes sense, to take those patients who actually have clinical problems

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

We use whatever tricks we can to keep you entertained, because that makes our videos do better, which helps us earn a living. This means that we often end up creating and spreading words

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

that propagates the word, and then more people interact with it, which makes the word trendier. And this happens because social-media algorithms

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

it's ultimately exaggerated in a way that makes a farce of its pronunciation and meaning. Its original importance is diluted as it becomes widespread,

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

It has remarkable capabilities, but it also makes egregious errors that we never make. And it doesn't yet do the deep logical reasoning that we can do.

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

leads to a period of upheaval transition and renewal what makes a disrupter a life quake

Lifequakes

And so this one model reproduces two decades' worth of neuroscience and also makes some new predictions. This opens up a new pathway to accelerating neuroscience discovery

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

and it must be done with a very long time horizon. This makes academia the perfect place to pursue a science of intelligence. In academia, we're free from the tyranny of quarterly earnings reports.

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

Think about books, articles, music, movies, games, etc. It made and makes a lot of money on the internet. It's also very expensive to make.

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

Someone who's there to support them, someone who makes them feel valued. So this is where the line between a tool and companion starts to blend.

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

(Laughter) And the fact that it makes stuff up, hallucinates, for me, that's not a bug, that's a feature.

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

not for diabetes, but for weight loss. It makes sense when we are so rewarded for thinness and stigmatized for fatness.

How Digital Culture Is Reshaping Our Faces and Bodies | Elise Hu | TED · TED

That's a lot of kids. That makes schools the most practical and impactful place to deliver critical nutrition.

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

And when you compound a number like that, it makes quite a difference. Here are all the past projections from the International Energy Agency

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

to meet their power demand without increasing fossil fuel use. And this is what makes my job interesting. But what we need is to stop burning fossil fuels.

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

But I'm also a father of two little kids, which makes my hope for the future deeply, deeply personal. Picking up the pace at which we phase out fossil fuels

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

We've grown in an environment where growth has been difficult. The average Black-led nonprofit never makes it to a million in revenue. We did it in 18 months.

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

"Oh my God, this thing writes, and it makes mistakes, but it's so brilliantly verbal."

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

each day Remains the Same and learning to savor our time makes much more sense than rushing

Timekeeping

who volunteer to risk their lives, deserve technology that makes them stronger, faster and safer.

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

Leisure and all the other stuff that makes life worth living the truth is that having it all is a

Work

and a rejection of the notion that something being publicly available somehow makes it fair game. And the people who make the art that society consumes feel the same way.

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

refreshed rebooted and ready to go and if anyone makes fun of your slow rituals remember this

Slow Work

So many photographs Makes me wanna take a photograph I should probably hang that photograph

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

Look at this phonograph! Every time I do, it makes me laugh! Hear the sounds of the ragtime dance!

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

in this case the first one. As she reads, she makes notes about her thoughts and highlights excerpts from the document.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

A tool that thinks for you, or a tool that makes you think? (Applause)

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

Why? Because they are grateful. So it is not happiness that makes us grateful. It's gratefulness that makes us happy.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

So it is not happiness that makes us grateful. It's gratefulness that makes us happy. If you think it's happiness that makes you grateful,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

It's gratefulness that makes us happy. If you think it's happiness that makes you grateful, think again.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

think again. It's gratefulness that makes you happy. Now, we can ask,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

to make others happy, because nothing makes us more happy than when all of us are happy. And when we open our hearts to the opportunities,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

and that changes this power pyramid under which we live. And it doesn't make for equality, but it makes for equal respect, and that is the important thing.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

they're that extra embellishment that makes something beautiful even better. With Gracenotes, we let our family, our friends, our kids,

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

Your enjoyment is what predicts whether you will stick with the goal. So what makes goals exciting? Exciting goals are never a chore or a mean.

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

When my friend realized that doing well at work makes her a better family member, she was more motivated and happier to do both.

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

compared to those in the control group. Anticipating temptations makes you prepared and hence less tempted. Alright, what about the person sitting next to you?

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

you're often more focused on your own needs. But gratitude makes you want to pay it forward. And I experienced this personally.

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

It's easy to be honest with someone you're never going to see again, right? That makes sense. The second reason is where it gets more interesting.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

So, I have a pretty fun job, which is to figure out what makes people happy. It's so fun, it might almost seen a little frivolous,

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

now, those, you know, when AI makes a mistake, it's much higher stakes. It is the gate on --

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

that you see other people doing it, and it makes it impossible to develop at the right pace. But you tell me, if you don't feel that, like, what ...

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

And maybe there are some aligned interests, like, having legislation that makes it easier for companies to expand dynamically and so forth.

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

You know, that's not something possible before now. Like, arguably that makes the world better, you know. Does it?

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

what they're talking about is a sense that our lives matter, that the world makes sense, that we are more than the sum of our minutes,

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

That made no sense to me. That still makes no sense to me, because I was just like, I guess in a way,

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

I've been in short films before. My husband makes a lot of short films. BR: Oh, OK, that's fun.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

It meant that if you want to understand what makes a marriage work, you should think about how a marriage ends.

How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen

you should think about how a marriage ends. Divorce makes extremely explicit what the tacit rules of marriage are.

How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen

that. I think that makes a great dinner. But um she was a little disappointed but

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

mentioned a new law the reasonable childhood independence law that makes it legal for parents to let their kids go

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

It makes your life more fun. It makes you

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

makes your life more fun. It makes you see the world in a better way.

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