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or I could play video games. And if people enjoyed watching it, they would send me tips. So cash.

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

of course, because I have a problem. And one of the people watching this stream made a short video of this moment, and they shared it on Reddit, and it went viral.

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

So I would call him from his perch to my glove, and the people watching my stream started becoming as invested as I was in his recovery.

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

And then eventually, because I was reaching so many people with Bean's story, the zoo that I worked at started allowing me to bring animals

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

But instead of reaching 20 kids at a time in a classroom, I was reaching thousands of people at a time all over the world. So this was when it really clicked for me, right?

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

and we would live stream conservation education programs online so people could fall in love with our animals the way that they fell in love with Bean, that bird.

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

the way that they fell in love with Bean, that bird. Our animals would be able to reach millions and millions of people -- without having to meet a single one of them in person.

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

These screens are huge. That is a huge picture of me bald in front of a lot of people. OK, so next up was rescuing animals.

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

they were brought to us for rehabilitation. So they now live at Alveus to help teach people about the exploitation of primates in the pet trade

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

so he and his best friend Reed now live at Alveus to help teach people about the nightmare that is the fur trade, helping to build a new generation of fur-free consumers.

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

She lives at Alveus to help teach people about commercial agriculture and how it impacts animal welfare and our planet.

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

In 2025 alone, we reached over 250 million people with conservation education online.

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

Not being open to the public means that our animals are less stressed by the unpredictable factors that come with people visiting. It also means that we've never had to divert any of our funding

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

didn't even join with an interest in environmentalism at all. They are just normal people, internet users who stumbled across our content

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

in one of their many, many feeds. Alveus Sanctuary brings conservation to young people largely by meeting them where they already are,

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

It leaves us feeling like that work is just a far-off dream that only other people achieve. But at Alveus, that dream doesn't feel so far off.

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

We're starting with the recovery of critically endangered wolves. Our sincere hope is that people will fall in love with these wolves, the way that they fell in love with Bean, that bird from college.

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

death was a useful but purely intellectual concept no one wants to die even people who want to go to heaven don't want to

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

trapped by Dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking don't let the noise of others opinions

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

in all of the presentations that we've had and in all of the people here; just the variety of it and the range of it.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

But if you ask about their education, they pin you to the wall, because it's one of those things that goes deep with people, am I right? Like religion and money and other things.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

where mistakes are the worst thing you can make. And the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Isn't it? They're the people who come out the top. And I used to be one, so there.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And the consequence is that many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not, because the thing they were good at at school

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

In the next 30 years, according to UNESCO, more people worldwide will be graduating through education than since the beginning of history.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

than since the beginning of history. More people. And it's the combination of all the things we've talked about:

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

No, she's good at some things. But if she's cooking, she's dealing with people on the phone, she's talking to the kids, she's painting the ceiling --

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I'm doing a new book at the moment called "Epiphany," which is based on a series of interviews with people about how they discovered their talent.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

about how they discovered their talent. I'm fascinated by how people got to be there. It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne. Have you heard of her? Some have.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

(Laughter) People weren't aware they could have that. (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

about all the problems Gillian was having at school, because she was disturbing people, her homework was always late, and so on. Little kid of eight.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

She said, "She did. I can't tell you how wonderful it was. We walked in this room, and it was full of people like me -- people who couldn't sit still,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

We walked in this room, and it was full of people like me -- people who couldn't sit still, people who had to move to think."

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

people who couldn't sit still, people who had to move to think." They did ballet, they did tap, jazz; they did modern; they did contemporary.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

with to-do lists that never end in a 2014 study people were asked to do nothing for between 6 and 15 minutes in

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in the world today, you probably even know people who take them. And so you're thinking, "Yeah! Give me the statin."

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

Now, what is this, the NNT? It's the number of people that need to take a drug or undergo a surgery or any medical procedure

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

But GlaxoSmithKline estimates that 90 percent of the drugs work in only 30 to 50 percent of the people. So the number needed to treat for the most widely prescribed statin,

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

what do you suppose it is? How many people have to take it before one person is helped? 300.

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

I ran through the numbers myself. 300 people have to take the drug for a year before one heart attack, stroke or other adverse event is prevented.

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

so you don't have to manufacture the chain of reasoning on the spot. 300 people take the drug, right? One person's helped, five percent of those 300 have side effects,

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

five percent of those 300 have side effects, that's 15 people. You're 15 times more likely to be harmed by the drug

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

But the key enabling technology is actually eyesight -- giving drones the same ability that people have to look out and see the world.

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

But there’s actually a very useful function for this technology: to go where people can’t, or go faster to a place before people get there.

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

to go where people can’t, or go faster to a place before people get there. And that's this whole idea about drone as first responder

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

of speed together we can become better people leading Better Lives

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airport all day so that you could tell people about God's love."

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

All day long people rushed past him, even after he had forsaken his traditional saffron

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

It was more like irritation. irritation. People love to tell me that bookstores are

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

He told me people were desperate to buy anything that was hanging from the ceiling,

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

interested in living in a society where people read, it's also your responsibility to cultivate readers.

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

Well, reading to children the same way people read to us. You can buy books for children who are

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

you can just read a book. Do you wish that people read books instead of say constantly scrolling on

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

also have to see you read. Like all the people who told me not to open a bookstore, you may be wondering

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

about it surprises me, is that it's not just books people come in for. Reading, that solitary endeavor, has

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

or mysteries, what we see is that books give people the means by which to connect.

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

shines the light that disrupts the dark isolation so many people find themselves in. Go to your local bookstore

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

what I've come to know in a lifetime of diving in to see things in ways that most people will never get to see. To use systems that make it possible to stay underwater for days,

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

weeks at a time. To explore places that most people will never get to see. And to be a witness to the change that's currently taking place.

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

That was the moment I realized, 30 is not the new 20. Yes, people settle down later than they used to, but that didn't make Alex's 20s a developmental downtime.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

will have happened by your mid-30s. People who are over 40, don't panic. This crowd is going to be fine, I think.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

There is hope because around the world, people are doing what they can to restore what has happened to the coral reefs. There are Mission Blue champions in 29 Hope Spots that are growing

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

These are not just dots on a map. These are people. They are people who are gathering data, sharing stories,

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

These are people. They are people who are gathering data, sharing stories, enlisting kids to care.

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

the Shinnecock Bay Hope Spot is a place where people and nature thrived for thousands of years.

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

and clams that once filtered the water and fed people locally. Doctor Ellen Pikitch, a scientist at Stony Brook University,

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

A three-year expedition is currently, right now, underway to connect people across the Pacific with ancient values of ocean care and respect.

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

Armed with greater knowledge than has ever existed before, we are the luckiest people ever to have arrived on Earth. We can choose the future we want.

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

I want you to spend the next 10 minutes being absurdly self-indulgent, which is advice I would almost never otherwise give people. I want you to not think about the things you can't control.

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

and that became my map for life. When I watched these people, whether they were teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs --

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

effects of of digital tech on young people, what I see from this perspective is very concerning.

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

mechanisms involve our bodies. So, we connect with people, we bond with people when we eat with them, when we

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

So, we connect with people, we bond with people when we eat with them, when we share food with them,

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

to DC and then having some success? It was studying other people who were smarter than me, who were better than me, more talented than me,

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

showing that when you randomly assign people, these are usually with adults, young adults, when you randomly assign

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

young adults, when you randomly assign people to greatly reduce their social media use for at least a week,

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

very short videos. Young people call it brain rot, which is a funny term,

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

You can put healthy, edifying content into your mind, have a better reality that you then share with other people. Four, you control how you're seen.

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

especially if it's tense or it's emotional, think about how other people are experiencing you. The way I do it is I almost envision myself having this out-of-body experience.

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

Our own eyes lie. But if you look at how other people feel and experience you, then you know the impression that you're leaving,

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

be the person you want to be and have other people experience you as the person that you want to be. This technique helped me through

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

You control where you're going. One of the things I hate the most is when I run into people and they just feel they're like a bobber or a log on a river,

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

My students at NYU say they learn a lot better when people aren't on devices, when they don't have

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

techno-skepticism. Prioritize people and books in education, not screens.

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

And I hope today that I've left a little piece of what all those people poured into me, with you, and that you can leave little pieces of yourself in many others,

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

pass the critical thinking over to the AI. We're already seeing young people becoming dependent on ChatGPT

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

are being built by people who don't understand that premise. They think of people as consumers with

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

by people who don't understand that premise. They think of people as consumers with social needs that can be satisfied by machines.

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

social needs that can be satisfied by machines. They think it's good to free people from dependence on other people.

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

They think it's good to free people from dependence on other people. Let's suppose, just for the sake of argument,

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

Do we no longer have to depend on other people to meet our social needs?

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

The technology's here to stay, people said. You can't put

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

It's about reclaiming childhood in the real world with real people. So what on earth do we do about the

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

puberty. Two, prioritize people and books in education, not screens.

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

I think techno-skepticism is the right attitude for people today, especially for parents and legislators.

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

back to books and paper. >> >> The people who made this technology, they choose a lot of them choose to send

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

And I'm not the exception. 1 in 4 people today are living the reality of conflict. We are living in an era

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

for a relationship in trouble. And while they can be for a lot of people, that is not always the case. Relationship experts have found

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