TEDxSHOW

2022-08-22 21:00:01 6 WAYS MUSHROOMS CAN SAVE THE WORLD

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.

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Paul Stamets · Mycologist. Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds.

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#Biology #Design #Food Open / Comment

2022-08-21 21:00:01 HOW DOES ALCOHOL MAKE YOU DRUNK?

Ethanol: this molecule, made of little more than a few carbon atoms, is responsible for drunkenness. Often simply referred to as alcohol, ethanol is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages. So how exactly does it cause drunkenness, and why does it have dramatically different effects on different people? Judy Grisel explores alcohol's journey through the body.

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Judy Grisel · Educator. Professor of Psychology, Researcher in Neuroscience and Addiction, Author of "Never Enough"

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#Education #Brain #Animation Open / Comment

2022-08-20 21:00:01 "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON" — AND OTHER LIES I'VE LOVED

In life's toughest moments, how do you go on living? Kate Bowler has been exploring this question ever since she was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at age 35. In a profound, heartbreaking and unexpectedly funny talk, she offers some answers -- challenging the idea that "everything happens for a reason" and sharing hard-won wisdom about how to make sense of the world after your life is suddenly, completely changed. "I believe that in the darkness, even there, there will be beauty and there will be love," she says.

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Kate Bowler · Divinity professor, author. Kate Bowler is reexamining her perspective on the "prosperity gospel": the belief that good things happen to good people.

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#Love #Death #Family Open / Comment

2022-08-19 21:00:01 THE INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS OF INTUITIVE AI

What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come up with (and build) radical new designs for bridges, cars, drones and much more -- all by themselves. Take a tour of the Augmented Age with futurist Maurice Conti and preview a time when robots and humans will work side-by-side to accomplish things neither could do alone.

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Maurice Conti · Designer, futurist. Maurice Conti explores new partnerships between technology, nature and humanity.

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#AI #Algorithm #Computers Open / Comment

2022-08-19 05:00:08 Why talking to strangers is good for you, them and all of us

Contrary to what your parents told you, we all need to get good at interacting with strangers, says author Julie Lythcott-Haims. Here's why, and how to do it. Open / Comment

2022-08-18 21:00:01 KID CUDI GOES BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL — AND SHARES WHAT HE'S LEARNED

"Music was my Plan G," says Scott Mescudi, actor and the Grammy-winning rapper known as Kid Cudi. "It wasn't like I didn't try everything else. I tried everything else." Returning to his high school, he explains how he found success as an artist through a combination of hard work, determination and blocking out the haters. "There's no difference from me and you. I just really wanted this s***. And I wanted it bad."

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Kid Cudi - Born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi in Cleveland, Kid Cudi began rapping while attending Shaker Heights High School and later Solon High School. In 2004, Kid Cudi moved to Brooklyn, NY to pursue his rap career. He released his first mixtape, “A Kid Named Cudi,” in 2008. The mixtape earned Kanye West’s attention, leading him to sign Cudi to his GOOD Music imprint. As an up-and-coming artist, Cudi contributed hooks and lyrics to songs by West and Jay-Z, including “Heartless,” “Paranoid” and “Already Home.” These collaborations set the foundation for Kid Cudi’s successful solo career. He signed with Universal Motown in 2009 and released his first full-length album later that year. Cudi earned his first three Grammy Award nominations in 2010, two for his single “Day ‘n’ Nite” and one for the collaboration “Make Her Say.” In 2012, he won two Grammy Awards for “All of the Lights,” a collaboration with West, Rihanna and Fergie.

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#PersonalGrowth #Music Open / Comment

2022-08-17 21:00:01 WHY YOU THINK YOU'RE RIGHT — EVEN IF YOU'RE WRONG

Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs -- or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?"

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Julia Galef · Writer. Julia Galef investigates how and why people change their minds.

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#Communication #Collaboration #Identity Open / Comment

2022-08-16 21:00:01 HOW TO FIND WORK YOU LOVE

Scott Dinsmore quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you — and then getting started doing it.

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Scott Dinsmore · Writer, traveler. Scott Dinsmore founded Live Your Legend, a career and connection platform to inspire people to find their passion.

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#TEDx #Business #Entrepreneur Open / Comment

2022-08-15 21:00:01 KEEP YOUR GOALS TO YOURSELF

After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

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Derek Sivers · Entrepreneur. Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

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#Motivation #PersonalGrowth
#Self Open / Comment

2022-08-14 21:00:01 NERDCORE COMEDY

Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he's seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.

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Ze Frank · Web humorist. Ze Frank has been involved in online comedy, web toys and virtually shared experiences for the past 20 years as an influencer, performer, executive and mischief maker.

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#Collaboration #Comedy #Community Open / Comment