How native speakers pronounce “social”

largely by meeting them where they already are, which is on social media. But before social media,

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

which is on social media. But before social media, TV programming was establishing the best examples of conservationists --

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But this stands as a proxy for all kinds of medical decision-making, and indeed for financial decision-making, and social decision-making -- any kind of decision you have to make

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I want you to not think about the things you can't control. AI, politics, your parents, your social media feed, your Tinder alerts.

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

Wilson says that humans aren't just social, like like dogs and chimpanzees, we are

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

like like dogs and chimpanzees, we are ultra-social, like bees and ants. We have a massive division of labor,

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

with this premise that human beings are ultra-social creatures with deep needs for community

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

and communion. As a social psychologist who studies the effects of of digital tech on young

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

into childhood today. So, let's start with social media. In the early 2010s, teens traded in

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

Their social lives moved on to social media. At first we thought this would be fine,

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

And that's a problem for our ultra-social species, because a lot of our evolved bonding

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

There are now multiple lines of evidence showing that social media is causing harm at an industrial scale.

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

One-third of all American teens say that they're on on a social media platform almost constantly, just throughout the day.

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

And the main thing they're doing on those social media platforms is watching very short videos.

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

possible time for a human being to be on social media. For our ultra-social species,

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

social media. For our ultra-social species, that rewiring should be guided by huge

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

that rewiring should be guided by huge amounts of social interaction in the real world, not by TikTok's algorithm. >>

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

Let's just raise the age for opening social media accounts to 16, as Australia did.

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

do we expect the 8-year-olds to do it? School is an intrinsically social experience.

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

machines. They're ultra-social human beings who need to connect with their

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

Do you see the pattern here? We let social media companies take over our kids' social lives,

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

We let social media companies take over our kids' social lives, and they've harmed our kids' social

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

our kids' social lives, and they've harmed our kids' social lives and their mental health.

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

Your kid doesn't need a 10-year head start to master social media and AI. And second,

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

When we start from the premise that humans are ultra-social, what we see is that these technologies

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

They think of people as consumers with social needs that can be satisfied by machines. They think it's good to free people from

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

to depend on other people to meet our social needs? Would that make us happy

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

in the hallways again. We're getting the age raised for social media to 16.

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

So, in conclusion, human beings are ultra-social creatures who need to matter to one another in

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

It's OK if you want to break tradition and create a new last name. It's OK if you want to share your love on social media, but it's also OK if you want to protect it from public opinion.

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

On the one hand, decades of research have shown that we are highly social creatures who are made happier and healthier by reaching out

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

But then there we all were. Highly social creatures, made happier and healthier by connecting with other people,

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

was a potential resolution to this paradox. Social connection, after all, isn't something that just happens to us. It's a choice we make at times

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

our health and our success in life. But highly social creatures like us might avoid reaching out and engaging with other people mistakenly

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

than those we asked to connect with the person sitting next to them. People’s beliefs about social interaction here weren’t just wrong -- they were precisely backward.

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

We find in our research that we have tremendous power to create meaningful social connection every day of our lives. But if we underestimate how positively our efforts to reach out

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

Predictions about people influence people. Social predictions tend to act like magnets. They bend reality towards themselves.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

Similarly, social predictions are veiled commands. They implicitly tell us how to act.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

in the fight of the century. So next time you hear a gloomy prediction about the social world, don't get discouraged.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

unavailable to singles. Tax breaks, social security benefits. Singles invest heavily in marital milestones.

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

including family of choice. Indeed, science shows that social connections broadly predict life satisfaction.

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

Next, let's advocate for policies that support a family of one. Sweden's social safety net is given to all citizens individually. Universal health care,

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

are we also the most nice and often generic to the people around us? I'm a social psychologist, and I've been studying the science of uncomfortable social interactions

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

I'm a social psychologist, and I've been studying the science of uncomfortable social interactions for over 20 years.

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

tribal antagonism, even general self-centeredness. At times, it can really feel like our social fabric is unraveling. So after my 360, I decided to do some work on myself

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

This was all just a ruse to teach you a lesson which is, in uncomfortable social interactions, we often don't have a social script of what to do.

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

which is, in uncomfortable social interactions, we often don't have a social script of what to do. Instead of telling people what we really think, what we really feel,

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

I'll take connection when I can find it. So the cat group became half cat group, half social group. And I think sometimes we think that you know, a tiny act,

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

And these are things that we talk about in the public health conscious, but we don't talk about social connection enough. Maybe for our UK folks, you all have a prime minister of loneliness.

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

but we still ended up feeling lonely. And that's because as social species, as social creatures, like, we just need an entire community to fulfill us.

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

So as adults, we really need to recreate that infrastructure. And so if you join like, a social group that's repeated over time, turn your hobby into a community, right,

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

about the pandemic. You know, for people who have met on social media only as opposed to in real life, they ask,

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

it doesn't account for certain communities like people with disabilities, people with severe social anxiety, even older people that aren't as mobile, who tend to find connections online.

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

So, for example, like, the research finds that if you're just passively scrolling on social media, doomscrolling, it makes you more lonely

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

and negatively impacts your mental health and well-being. But if you are engaging actively on social media, I'm posting,

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

in which you were given a partnership for life in terms of children and social status and succession and companionship.

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

and the greatest opportunity of our time. Social health. While physical health is about our bodies

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

and mental health is about our minds, social health is about our relationships. And if you haven't heard this term before,

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

dementia, depression and early death. Social health is essential for longevity. So you might be wondering,

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

What is the trade-off? A trade-off is typically something like rescheduling a social activity, canceling your golf lesson.

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

And Maya's story is one example of how social health challenges come up. In my work, I hear many others.

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

and wishes he could see his kids and grandkids more often. These stories show that social health is relevant to each of us at every life stage.

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

each day on their smartphones. So instead of scrolling on social media, text a friend.

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

and inviting friends in other cities to come visit. And bolstering her social health made more of a difference

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

And that is really the point. Be proactive and intentional about your social health. So zooming out beyond the steps that you and I take individually,

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

So zooming out beyond the steps that you and I take individually, together, we need to shape a society that thrives through social health. Over the next decade,

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

Over the next decade, I envision educators championing social health in schools. And just like kids build their physical muscles in gym class,

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

And just like kids build their physical muscles in gym class, they'll exercise their social muscles in connection class. Over the next decade,

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

I see our cities and neighborhoods being designed with social health in mind, where vibrant gathering places foster unity

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

Over the next decade, I believe that social health will become as ingrained in our collective consciousness

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

In this future, I hope that social health will become so deeply woven into the fabric of our culture

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

but also for the people you love. Because the beauty of nurturing your own social health is that it naturally enriches the social health

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

Because the beauty of nurturing your own social health is that it naturally enriches the social health of everyone you connect with.

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

that it's early adolescence that our brains change, and we start to internalize social norms and become much more self-conscious.

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

to find balance between her diet, exercise and insulin regimen, I was happy to be social-distancing with my mom. And she was able to lose some weight,

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

Even though our experience and confidence go up, so does our deep desire to fit in with those social norms. And as a result,

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

Why is that? Because thanks to those social norms behind the scenes, we start creating an ever-widening gap

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

We know from research in animal and human populations that connections provided through social networks and communities are associated with better health and quality of life.

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

than those who are more socially isolated. And these social environments work to combat obesity-related behaviors and promote well-being,

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

And how do I know? My research team and I have been studying social environments and women's health.

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

and women's health. I've also observed the social support strategies of the women in my own network, and their struggles with weight.

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

than white women in the United States, we have been able to describe aspects of the social context that support their success.

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

She described the community as “like-minded individuals.” Also in our work with social physical activity groups, the members said that friendship, motivation,

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

for supporting their long-term physical activity success. From conducting research on how social networks and social support strengthen our ability to achieve

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

From conducting research on how social networks and social support strengthen our ability to achieve and sustain health goals

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

but if you're anything like me, it won't. What did get me moving was a social interaction. Someone invited me to a meeting,

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AN: And the factors that lead to burnout are not just professional ones. They are parenting and social activism and anything where you need to care and invest,

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in a study designed to stress you out. It's called the social stress test. You come into the laboratory,

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

in a study conducted at Harvard University. Before they went through the social stress test, they were taught to rethink their stress response as helpful.

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

Oxytocin is a neuro-hormone. It fine-tunes your brain's social instincts. It primes you to do things

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

And the cool thing is that all of these physical benefits of oxytocin are enhanced by social contact and social support. So when you reach out to others under stress,

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

What are the expectations of masculinity when it comes to race, class and other social factors? I knew that middle school is fertile ground for this work.

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

Open it up to an apology or talk about a social issue that might be on their hearts. And we normalize these forms of communication

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

And that's not it. She created a new culture of social activism. Pete Seeger said it was Septima Clark who changed the lyrics

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

TMD: So to the women all out there gathered in your living rooms, rooting for us, acting crazy on social media right now -- we see you.

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

We know that is true, because the women blowing up social media right now have already inspired over 100,000 women to walk.

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

without its village square, because defense and social cohesion defined its design. Urban priorities changed as we moved towards the industrial revolution

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