by Neema Saberi | Aug 12, 2016 |
TED Talk: Andrew Solomon Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since. In a...
by Neema Saberi | Aug 12, 2016 |
TED Talk: Caleb Wilde This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The North American leap from a culture of healthy death acceptance to a culture of death denial has been no leap at all. It’s been a journey of small steps....
by Neema Saberi | Aug 12, 2016 |
TED Talk: Shonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes, the titan behind Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, is responsible for some 70 hours of television per season, and she loves to work. “When I am hard at work, when I am deep in it, there is no...
by Neema Saberi | Aug 12, 2016 |
TED Talk: Judson Brewer Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction — from smoking to overeating to all those other things we do even though we know they’re bad...
by Neema Saberi | Aug 12, 2016 |
TED Talk: Johann Hari What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder...
