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>>>Playlist: Our digital
lives (11 talks)
Our hyper-connected lives have been rewired for the digital age. These talks explore how the
Internet and social media are shaping our relationships, personal lives and sense of self.
11 talks · Curated by TED
http://www.ted.com/playlists/our_digital_lives
Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self
"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares
recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history illusion," where we somehow
imagine that the person we are right now is the person we'll be for the rest of time. Hint: that's
not the case.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing
Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to
dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He
explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception
Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what
exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us
a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.
http://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness
Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self
Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I
skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves
over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self
TEDxYouth@SELS - an independently organized event
Event details: Truckee, CA, United States · April 25, 2014
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11455
The quantified self: Gary Wolf on TED.com
At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile
apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about
everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail. (Recorded at
TED@Cannes, June 2010 in Cannes France. Duration: 5:11) Watch Gary Wolf's...
Posted September 27, 2010
http://blog.ted.com/2010/09/27/the-quantified-self-gary-wolf-on-ted-com
Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness
Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our
own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness
The Buzz: Eve Ensler begins a celebration of the "girl self"
Eve Ensler at TEDIndia, Session 8, "Learning to Learn," November 7, 2009, in Mysore, India.
Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Eve Ensler brought her dynamic stage presence to
TEDIndia, to fight for a new celebration and love for the girl inside us all. The audience gave her
all the love she wanted, and couldn't stop sharing her words on Twi...
Posted November 7, 2009
http://blog.ted.com/2009/11/07/the_buzz_eve_en
Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness
Srikumar Rao says we spend most of our lives learning to be unhappy, even as we strive for
happiness. At Arbejdsglaede Live! 2009, he teaches us how to break free of the "I'd be happy if
..." mental model, and embrace our hard-wired happiness.
http://www.ted.com/talks/srikumar_rao_plug_into_your_hard_wired_happiness
Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl
In this passionate talk, Eve Ensler declares that there is a girl cell in us all -- a cell that we have
all been taught to suppress. She tells heartfelt stories of girls around the world who have
overcome shocking adversity and violence to reveal the astonishing strength of being a girl.
http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_embrace_your_inner_girl
Jessa Gamble: Our natural sleep cycle
In today's world, balancing school, work, kids and more, most of us can only hope for the
recommended eight hours of sleep. Examining the science behind our body's internal clock, Jessa
Gamble reveals the surprising and substantial program of rest we should be observing.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jessa_gamble_how_to_sleep
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social
psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence,
even when we don’t feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and
might even have an impact on our chances for success.
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are
The pattern behind self-deception: Michael Shermer on TED.com
Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to
dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He
explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010
in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 19:01) <!--copy and paste--> Wat...
Posted June 14, 2010
http://blog.ted.com/2010/06/14/the_pattern_beh
Robots that are "self-aware": Hod Lipson on TED.com
Engineer Hod Lipson demonstrates and talks about a few of his cool little robots, which have the
ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. At the root of this uncanny demo
is a deep inquiry into the nature of how living beings learn and evolve, and how we might
harness these processes to make things that learn and evolve. ...
Posted October 11, 2007
http://blog.ted.com/2007/10/11/hod_lipson_on_t
Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates,
tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to
that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on?
http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update
What I'd tell my teenage self: Life and career advice from the TED staff
Four hundred middle and high school students will fill the TEDYouth auditorium this Saturday -and many of them will be put straight to work. Students who’ve expressed interest in
cinematography will shadow our video production team, students who want to be event planners
will hang out with our producers, and those interested in journalism ...
Posted November 13, 2013
http://blog.ted.com/2013/11/13/what-id-tell-my-teenage-self-life-and-career-advice-from-theted-staff
Julian Baggini | TED Speaker
Julian Baggini is a journalist and philosopher who studies the complexities of personal identity.
He is the editor-in-chief of the Philosophers' Magazine.
Philosopher
http://www.ted.com/speakers/julian_baggini
>>>Camera Shy
About this ad: A journey through women's relationship with the camera - from self-conscious
avoidance to pure joy in the spotlight. Dove made women reflect on the point when they became
their own worst beauty critics and encourages them to be their own beautiful self.
http://www.ted.com/watch/ads-worth-spreading/camera-s
><<Joachim de Posada: Don't eat the marshmallow!
In this short talk from TED U, Joachim de Posada shares a landmark experiment on delayed
gratification -- and how it can predict future success. With priceless video of kids trying their
hardest not to eat the marshmallow.
http://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_de_posada_says_don_t_eat_the_marshmallow_
Randy Pausch: Really achieving your childhood dreams
In 2007, Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who was dying of pancreatic cancer,
delivered a one-of-a-kind last lecture that made the world stop and pay attention. This moving
talk will teach you how to really achieve your childhood dreams. Unmissable.
http://www.ted.com/talks/randy_pausch_really_achieving_your_childhood_dreams
Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for selftranscendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution
by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_to_self_transcendence
David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self
who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, love -the values that make for a great eulogy. (Joseph Soloveitchik has called these selves "Adam I"
and "Adam II.") Brooks asks: Can we balance these two selves?
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_your_resume_or_your_eulog
Julian Baggini: Is there a real you?
What makes you, you? Is it how you think of yourself, how others think of you, or something
else entirely? In this talk, Julian Baggini draws from philosophy and neuroscience to give a
surprising answer. (Filmed at TEDxYouth@Manchester.)
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you
Gary Wolf: The quantified self
At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile
apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about
everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail.
http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_wolf_the_quantified_self
Erik Schlangen: A "self-healing" asphalt
Paul Rothemund: Playing with DNA that self-assembles
Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley face and
more. Sure, it's a stunt, but it's also a demonstration of self-assembly at the smallest of scales -with vast implications for the future of making things.
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_casts_a_spell_with_dna
>>Amber Case: We
are all cyborgs now
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking
new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on "external brains" (cell phones and computers) to
communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately
connect or conquer us? Case offers surprising insight into our cyborg selves.
http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now
>>>>Abha Dawesar: Life
in the "digital now"
One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for
power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor: Have our lives now become
fixated on the drive to digitally connect, while we miss out on what's real?
http://www.ted.com/talks/abha_dawesar_life_in_the_digital_now