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in my life and 17 years later I did go to college but I naively chose a college

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

but I wanted to do it at a much, much larger scale. Two years later, at 22 years old, I came up with a plan.

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

of any practical application in my life but 10 years later when we were designing the first Macintosh computer

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

and I started growing my hair back -- that takes about two years, in case anyone was curious. (Laughter)

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

Someone originally bought them as pets online, but then, after years of inadequate care, they were brought to us for rehabilitation.

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

I was in college but it was very very clear looking backwards 10 years later again you can't connect the dots looking

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

in my parents garage when I was 20 we worked hard and in 10 years Apple had grown from Just the Two of Us in a

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

Our online demographic, our online community, they range from about 17 to 28 years old. We are our nation’s new voters, new consumers

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

one of the most creative periods per of my life during the next 5 years I started a company named next another

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on so keep looking don't settle

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

right it made an impression on me and since then for the past 33 years I looked in the mirror every morning and

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months it means to make sure everything

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

cameras it was sort of like Google in paperback form 35 years before Google came along it was idealistic overflowing

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

despite all the expertise that's been on parade for the past four days, what the world will look like in five years' time. And yet, we're meant to be educating them for it.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

So why is this? I lived in Stratford-on-Avon until about five years ago. In fact, we moved from Stratford to Los Angeles.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And I think we can't afford to go on that way. In the next 30 years, according to UNESCO, more people worldwide will be graduating through education

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

"If all the insects were to disappear from the Earth, within 50 years, all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years, all forms of life would flourish." And he's right.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

A few years ago, I broke into my own house. I had just driven home,

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

It's something that he had gotten from the psychologist Gary Klein, who had written about it a few years before, also called the pre-mortem.

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

There's a structure in the brain called the hippocampus, that evolved over tens of thousands of years, to keep track of the locations of important things --

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

I've been praising slowness for nearly 20 years now and yet sometimes even I go too fast or get distracted

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I told this story to everyone. In fact, I told it for years. Two hours

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

customers. 15 years later, I can attest that this is true.

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

keeping Earth's chemistry within safe operating space. I was told 50 years ago to be afraid of sharks. Now I'm afraid because I don't see sharks when I go diving.

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

This crowd is going to be fine, I think. We know that the first 10 years of a career has an exponential impact on how much money you're going to earn.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Funds were created and secured to help protect the Galapagos Islands. Five years later, with climate a top priority,

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

So when we think about child development, we all know that the first five years are a critical period for language and attachment in the brain.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

And I say, "Almost anywhere 50 years ago." So much has changed these images of coral reefs.

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

when you pat a twentysomething on the head and you say, "You have 10 extra years to start your life"? Nothing happens.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

is a place where people and nature thrived for thousands of years. But 20th-century markets for seafood beyond the bay upended the system.

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

but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

and it’s working. Just a few years ago, there were only a very few turtles.

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

but the arms extend to islands across the Pacific to Hope Spots that have been established in recent years. A three-year expedition is currently, right now, underway

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

That job offer gave her the reason to leave that live-in boyfriend. Now, five years later, she's a special events planner for museums. She's married to a man she mindfully chose.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

one good TED Talk, can have an enormous effect across years and even generations to come. So here's an idea worth spreading

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I'm very confident, was a much less impressive version of you. Three years into college, I had a 1.491 grade point average that I was dragging around.

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

But what I've learned in the last 2 years is that I grossly understated the damage in the anxious generation,

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

you could become a great person. My personal motto of the last 15 years is: When shit happens, shine.

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

but the most wondrous period of my life. It’s about seven years ago, and we adopted a teenage boy, and I had two teenagers already at home.

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

had to use tablets. But after years of experience and years of declining test scores,

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

There could be a role for AI therapists someday, but how about we require years of testing before we let anyone push it out into childhood?

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

I teach a course at NYU called Flourishing, and 2 years ago we were talking about attention fragmentation,

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

When the Anxious Generation came out 2 years ago, one of the main objections I got was

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

the genie back in the bottle. But in the last few years, humanity has mobilized, and we are putting the genie

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

And this I said to you like years ago, I said, "Sal, if someone would make a device that just had Khan

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

And sadly, even when wars end and when agreements are signed, violence often returns within five years. Over the course of my international career with the United Nations,

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

Or take Afghanistan: 20 years of vast intervention and investment, and the story ended exactly where it began --

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

into an entirely new household dynamic, especially when they only had a couple years left in the house. So at this point, some of you may be asking yourselves,

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

We didn't go anywhere together. And one time when I was about 12 years old, one of my closest friends finally worked up the courage to ask me about it.

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

What's interesting is that her parents did go on to get divorced, and my parents stayed together for 23 years before my mom passed away. Now do I think that’s due to them commuting separately?

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

When I was six years old, I received my gifts.

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

and connecting with other people in the moments, the days, the weeks, the months and the years of our lives. And yet, on the other hand, just look around a little bit.

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

That morning on the train began like every other I'd been on for years beforehand -- all filing onto the train,

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

That morning, a woman, who was about 15 to 20 years older than I was at the time, sat down next to me,

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

That's one version. Then fast-forward eight years. Bill Gates came to my hometown --

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

one who will conquer the world. Well, then two years later, I was presented with the opportunity to come to the United States.

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

I thought that was the start of my entrepreneur journey. Then, fast-forward another 14 years. I was 30.

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

This little experiment was just the tip of a very large iceberg that came into view for us in many ensuing years. We've now seen this tendency to be overly pessimistic

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

including when pain struck my family. So 10 years ago, my wife Jen was three months into her pregnancy

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

where we were going to meet Lindsey, two years old, born to a woman we will never meet, with big dark eyes and just a relentless smile,

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

and Lindsey reached back to us. She's been bringing love and smiles like that into our lives for years since. Now I want to be clear,

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

But even more than that, I love giving that to other people. This is why, for the last 15 years, once a month, I've uploaded a free science or engineering video to YouTube

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

had a transmissible form of sarcoma. Thirty years later, Harold Varmus and Mike Bishop discovered what that transmissible element was.

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

that made you feel all those feels, that’s easy -- and you remember every single lyric, you know, 30 years later. And to be fair, I didn’t come up with this style of teaching --

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

because this is the first time the world is hearing about this -- for the last two and a half years, myself, with a team of about 50 people,

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

have been secretly working on a full science curriculum, and it uses all the tricks I’ve learned from the past 15 years on how to hide the vegetables.

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

and for our very unique experience in solving the science motivation gap for 15 years, 95 percent of the teachers said that when we're done,

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

In fact, a bunch of the videos and lessons are already available right now, and we'll finish the rest over the next four years, because I know this will be the most important thing I do my whole life.

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

And so that's when we decided, you know, cars have gotten safer over the years, right? They've gotten airbags and seat belts

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

Maybe just because of you all and some of the other players, 10 15 years, what will it look like? You mentioned, if you don't have a driver's license,

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

So that's one. But when we think about 10 to 15 years from now, it's really fun to think about parts of cities that would get recaptured,

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

you know, do we have to make these investments for the next 10 or 15 years, or can we start imagining a world where parking structures could move out,

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

fleet operators as well as smart depot professionals. All of that didn't exist ten years ago. These are like AV-focused jobs.

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

It was going back, all the way back. You see, two billion years ago, life on Earth was mostly single-celled

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

So let me explain. For 15 years, I worked on building AI. I started one of the early AI companies.

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

how many believe there's more than a 10 percent chance that AI kills most of humanity in the next 20 years. Almost every hand went up.

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

or we don't make it there at all. Two billion years ago, the first merger gave us our cells, and the ones that followed gave us our bodies,

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

(Laughter) I've been working in front of the camera for over 20 years now. But today, I'm going to share my story with you.

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

So I adapted. Not all at once, but over the years. By the time I landed my own TV show, I was undoubtedly the breadwinner,

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

about watching me carry the weight of adulthood far too early. As the years flew by, I didn’t just perform on stage -- I started performing off it, too.

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

And it worked. That character has carried me through 23 years in this industry, through childhood fame, the transition into adulthood,

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

and finally spent some one-on-one time with that little girl who left Robbins, Illinois all those years ago. So please allow me to reintroduce myself.

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

and I'm here to talk about why cannabis for treating insomnia is complicated. Humans have been using cannabis for at least 5,000 years. We've been using it to make clothes,

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

(Laughter) But it's only been in the past 100 or so years that we've started understanding the science of cannabis and its effects.

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

Unlike THC, CBD is nonintoxicating. And as recently as about 30 years ago, scientists also discovered other cannabinoids,

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

was illegal in most countries around the world until the late 1990s, so it's only been in the past 20 or so years -- since it's been legalized, at least for medicinal use,

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

was that the Supreme Court never in its history, in 237 years, has declared a signature initiative of the president unconstitutional.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

has declared a signature initiative of the president unconstitutional. I was hired to do what no lawyer had done in 237 years. My first thought?

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Well, we know that cannabis has been used to help sleep probably for thousands of years, and there's plenty of reports of improved sleep

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

And I trained it on every question asked by a Supreme Court justice in the last 25 years and everything they've written, every opinion, every concurrence,

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

and cannot die. Now over the last few years, progress in AI has been simply astonishing.

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

I want to tell you why and why this matters so much. So I've been studying brains, minds and consciousness for nearly 30 years, and one thing I've learned is that to answer the question,

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

many new possibilities arise. And my own view, developed over many years, is that consciousness is intimately connected to our nature

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

And practically, it's this that shaped me to the leader that I was for the past five years, a leader for peace,

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

to give that contribution for peace. These past five years have not just been years of leading my country defending democracy,

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

nothing that can stand in the way of a people that wants to be free. It takes years -- (Applause)

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

(Applause) It takes years, it takes decades. In the case of our nation, it took centuries.

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

I am a journalist, trained as a journalist, but I spent most of my last 35 years as an anthropologist.

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

and almost 500 million people lived in extreme poverty. Fast forward 20 years, it's almost the opposite. Almost 500 Chinese billionaires and no one living in extreme poverty.

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