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Next time you stumble across a great song that you haven’t heard in a while. Next time you catch eyes with a stranger who offers a nod or a genuine smile.

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

and she sat on her hands for 20 minutes, while this man talked to her mother about all the problems Gillian was having at school,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I thought about calling a locksmith -- at least I had my cellphone, but at midnight, it could take a while for a locksmith to show up, and it was cold.

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

while running Microsoft Bill Gates Used To Hide Away in a cabin in the woods for

Slow Thinking

reading more than 280 characters at a time. If you haven't read a novel in a while, it may feel strange at first, but stick

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

it was easy for me just to nod my head while we kicked the can down the road. "Thirty's the new 20," Alex would say,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I had learned too much since I first worked with Alex to just sit there while Emma's defining decade went parading by.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

But if the chatbot is super responsive, while the parents aren't as responsive, the child's attachment system, which is

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

how to continue building their romantic relationship while also figuring out how to raise teenagers, who, to be honest,

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

Let's talk about dates. Let's talk about expectations while you guys are living separately. And by the time they came back to me,

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

This paradox hit me like a freight train one morning while I was on an actual train, commuting into my office at the University of Chicago,

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

indicated self-confidence, while sleeping semi-fetal meant you’re sensible and well adjusted. While Dunkell’s ideas lack any definitive proof,

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

while sleeping semi-fetal meant you’re sensible and well adjusted. While Dunkell’s ideas lack any definitive proof, how we sleep can impact our health.

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

By adulthood, most people prefer side-sleeping, while fewer favor back-sleeping, and stomach-sleeping is the least preferred overall.

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

some people are sworn belly sleepers, while others can't nod off unless they're sprawled out on their backs. How we spend the night affects our bodies in several ways.

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

to learn the skills that are needed. And then I think while there's a lot of focus on sort of the jobs, there are also small businesses in these places where we’re launching

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

You close your laptop and it's gone. But while your laptop is closed, the AI keeps getting better at your job. And if we stay separate, the AI is not your tool.

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

The tool was great at it, so you let the tool do it. And while something left your head, a better thing took its place. You stopped checking your spelling and you started writing.

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

Someone you work with will get it first, and you'll hold out for a while, the way you did with the smartphone,

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

we call that cancer. The thing about untreated cancer is it succeeds for a while. The tumor grows,

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

I remember one time I was doing "Cinderella" on Broadway, and I couldn’t remember how I got to the stage while on stage. It's clear that system didn't know how to stop.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

and we also made more sophisticated measures of their sleep, over a single night, while they slept in a sleep laboratory. We found that when people took the cannabinoid medication,

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

Seven to eight hours of sleep, while recommended for adults, is just an average. And while messages have to be simplified for health communication to the public,

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

while recommended for adults, is just an average. And while messages have to be simplified for health communication to the public, sometimes important nuances get lost.

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

I loved it when they would rub their fingers through my hair while they washed my hair in the sink. I enjoyed it when they walked me over to the chair,

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

And we saw that the brain regions that are activated while people are watching ASMR videos like these are the same brain regions that are activated

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

a leader for peace, because I knew that while I was leading my country, no matter how small my country is,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

this link between disgusting things and immorality. And while I don't have any concrete data to back up this next idea, I think that for a lot of us, it happens around the time we hit puberty.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

that I think talking about gross stuff is so important. A while back, I made a video on tonsil stones -- sorry, everyone -- which are these balls of mucus and bacteria and food

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

So one of the really interesting things I learned while making the video on periods, is that I was talking to this one scientist who told me

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

also speeds up their metabolisms. While they sleep, their bodies are working overtime, burning through the brain’s supply of energy-giving glucose.

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

they’re diagnosed as chronic insomnia. And while insomnia rarely leads to death, its chemical mechanisms are similar to anxiety attacks

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

putting their sleeping habits out of sync with traditional sleeping hours. So while they have difficulty falling asleep at a typical bedtime, it’s not due to increased stress.

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

being channeled to it as you drift off. And what goes on in your brain while you sleep is an intensely active period of restructuring

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

When you think about all the internal restructuring and forming of new connections that occurs while you slumber, you could even say that proper sleep

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

for millionaires, for thousandaires. Give while you live. Give faster and bigger maybe than you're comfortable with,

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

(Applause) While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg,

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

Though I forgot -- I built a system to be resilient. So while I was walking to the bedroom, the agent happily booted up again and talked to everyone in the world.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

sent me a trademark claim. I had to rename the whole thing while it was taking off. You know, they even tried to push me away from the lobster.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

you have to start with something. While I couldn't undo the catastrophe that had just happened in Afghanistan, I knew I had to get out of my hospital bed

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

I wish that were true. And for a while, I thought it was. Unfortunately, it turns out AI's strength is in its ability

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

In fact, I had a panic attack live on the air in 2004 while delivering some otherwise mundane headlines. The good news is that my nationally televised freakout

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

couples counseling and more. And while I was really grateful to be able to do all of this stuff and all of it helped,

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

Mid-meditation, I put my hand on my heart, and while I definitely was not going to call myself "sweetie," I did silently say to myself,

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

and I was really excited to make friends with my neighbors because I'm like, "I'm going to be here for a while." And I see a couple of my neighbors in the hallway,

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

And so I think that this experience really taught me the importance that while we all face this paradox of people, while we all face this dilemma,

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

the importance that while we all face this paradox of people, while we all face this dilemma, that, if we want to make friends,

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

Those are the people to try to connect with versus, you know, someone who's been here for a while and already has an established network. So I knew this guy's a transitioner

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

But if it's ambiguous and you're like, "I'm not really sure, we haven't talked for a while, but they haven't necessarily rejected me or they still are responsive when I reach out to them,"

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

all to come up with the framework now known as the Setback Cycle. I did all of this while holding down a full time job at a marketing agency. Who does that?

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

to experience it as if it's happening, while nothing is happening and everything is happening, at the same time.

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

off in their playfulness, all the while knowing that there's somebody when they come back. But if on this side there is somebody who says,

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

which is that it's just going to fall from heaven while you're folding the laundry like a deus ex machina, and in fact they understood

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

She started a new role working from home, all while managing her dad's new diagnosis of dementia. And to manage the stress of all this change,

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

Social health. While physical health is about our bodies and mental health is about our minds,

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

You see, she would ride her stationary bike while I was working during the day and running at almost 10pm each night.

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

But in the meantime, while we push collectively for our local and national governments to take our health,

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

"If my friends did not bug me, I would rarely work out," while another encouraged other women to get involved with a community that will push you towards your physical activity goals.

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

does not have access to safely managed drinking water at home. So while it might be our norm, it is indeed a privilege.

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

and I even made the US national team. I did that while I was at Johns Hopkins Medical School. I don't really recommend that combination.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

Amelia Nagoski: Well, it began with me going to school while I was getting my doctorate in musical arts in conducting. I ended up in the hospital, and I had abdominal pain,

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

and emotional exhaustion. And while everyone experiences all three of these factors, over the 40 years since this original formulation,

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

for your stressor to be gone before you can begin to feel better, because you can deal with the stress while the stressor still exists. Good thing, because most of our stressors are what are called "chronic stressors,"

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

and exhausted by everything you have to do, while still worrying that you're not doing enough. CSB: Mm hmm.

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

They're building professional networks while discovering what they're good at in the real world. And none of it happened by accident.

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

Nurturing mind, body and relationships while confronting the real trauma that many students carried into school. So we integrated effective practices from other settings.

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

will let you live more harmoniously. Good luck ruminating while you're singing, right? Two: try a half-smile.

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

and having to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. While we also know that there is great value in teaching our boys the importance of independence,

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

to prove to students that they don't have to fit into a stereotype. And while I'm often impressed by the vulnerability and kindness of each of my students,

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

Putting time on the calendar to learn a new language, putting your phone in airplane mode while you play with your kids so that work doesn't expand like a gas and fill all of your unoccupied space.

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

You can feel just fine while high blood pressure ravages your most vital organs. This is Denny Moe,

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

and that what was important to them was also important to us. But while there's only one Project Brotherhood, there are thousands of black barbershops

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

a raft to sit on and usher yourself to safety. But while that's also vital and very necessary, what we're missing is that third friend.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

and they were terrific, right? But every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen, and one of these performers would actually become transcendent.

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

to try and get it back in order while managing my feelings of being overwhelmed. And I braced myself for more criticism.

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

To do it with shortcuts. To do it while breaking all of the rules. And replace that inner voice that says,

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

>> Watching Bonnie surf so effortlessly, so gracefully while I was flailing just to keep up, it made me

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

And because you, of course, don't get a lot of daylight. And that's why many people, while they're in hospital, ask for sleep medication.

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

Using something like fMRI or EEG, we can take what are like little snapshots of the brain while it’s reading. So have people read words or stories and then take pictures of their brain.

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

They tell us a little bit about how the brain is processing and representing information while you read. So here are three brain images taken while a person read the word "apartment,"

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

and representing information while you read. So here are three brain images taken while a person read the word "apartment," "house" and "celery."

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

in order to profit off all of us. And while there’s nothing wrong with being on cottagecore TikTok, it is a kind of echo chamber that affirms your cottagecore personality.

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

for the science of intelligence at Stanford. While there have been incredible advances in industry on the engineering of intelligence,

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

Or Ian Fleming, writing his James Bond novels while you're reading them, and even doing a full movie production for you while we're at it.

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

while you're reading them, and even doing a full movie production for you while we're at it. This means that for every individual viewer,

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

And I think this sounds as good news. But while this means that language models can be effectively applied for real-life applications in lie detection,

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

and I would like to dream big. And also I would like to bring you with me in this futuristic journey for a while. So please imagine with me living in a world

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

miss a number of ingredients first while transitions clearly involve challenging periods of bewilderment and turmoil

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for the world's most influential companies. I've been at this for a while, and I've seen most of the big tech shifts. But the introduction of AI, in particular conversational interfaces,

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

is that brands are doing most of the talking, while consumers are supposed to silently react. This is no longer the case with conversational interfaces.

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

You might think my reflexive answer to this would be, how about never? But while I don't want to be replaced by a bot, I'm not above being helped by it.

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

Vincent gets back to me and says, while human creativity might still be out of reach, we think we have understanding well in hand.

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

kids in my neighborhood did not end up like me. While I went to school, well-fed, ready and able, they went to class on empty stomachs.

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

being out of touch while painful these attitudes give us more freedom to take risks

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granny wasn't just perceptive she was a neuroscientist but while sharing is important one clear pattern of my

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and the parallels are surprisingly striking. While many cancers have no cure, a cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence

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

and when big enough, you replant them in a reef. While an important part of the reef restoration toolkit, this approach is slow,

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

Depending on how much is exposed, it can even have malformation. Mercury is called the silent toxin because it takes a while to show effects. Minamata Bay in Japan is a more iconic case of mercury poisoning.

The Hidden Cost of Buying Gold | Claudia Vega | TED · TED

where not only are you doing planning, but you're also learning while you're doing planning. That is the, if you will,

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