Our Unhealthy Obsession with Choice
Philosopher explores how excessive personal choices create anxiety and distract from collective decision-making, urging a shift towards social thinking and shared responsibilities.
Can Prejudice Ever Be a Good Thing?
Psychologist Paul Bloom explores the nature of prejudice, challenging common assumptions and offering insights on how to understand and control our biases for better decision-making.
For Parents, Happiness Is a Very High Bar
Explore modern parenting challenges and learn alternative, more achievable goals for raising children in this insightful talk on redefining parental success and reducing anxiety.
The Long Reach of Reason
Animated Socratic dialog explores the power of reason in moral progress, challenging the notion of irrationality's dominance in politics and culture through a persuasive philosophical discussion.
A Word Game to Communicate in Any Language
Discover a revolutionary approach to language using visual maps, enabling nonverbal communication and exploring the potential of FreeSpeech concept for universal understanding.
Never, Ever Give Up
Inspiring tale of perseverance: Diana Nyad's 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida at age 64, overcoming jellyfish stings, hallucinations, and exhaustion to achieve her lifelong athletic goal.
Does Money Make You Mean?
Social psychologist Paul Piff explores how wealth affects behavior, revealing surprising insights from rigged Monopoly games and discussing the broader implications of inequality on society.
Why We Laugh
Explore the science of laughter with cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott, uncovering surprising facts and insights into this universal human behavior in a fast-paced, entertaining presentation.
A Neural Portrait of the Human Mind
Explore brain imaging insights with fMRI pioneer Nancy Kanwisher, uncovering specialized components and general-purpose machinery in the human brain, while highlighting the vast potential for future discoveries.
The Hidden Influence of Social Networks
Explore how traits like happiness and obesity spread through social networks, and discover how your network position can impact your life in unexpected ways.
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Discover a powerful model for inspiring action through leadership, exploring the 'Why' behind successful organizations and individuals. Gain insights to transform your approach to leadership.
A Broken Body Isn't a Broken Person
Inspiring story of resilience and transformation as a former Olympic hopeful overcomes a devastating accident to discover new purpose and redefine her identity beyond physical limitations.
Strange Answers to the Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson explores the blurred line between sanity and insanity, delivering a thought-provoking and humorous talk on psychopathy, mental health diagnosis, and the complexities of human behavior.
Perspective Is Everything
Discover how reframing our perspective can lead to greater happiness and success. Sutherland presents compelling arguments for the power of perception in shaping our experiences and outcomes.
Our Buggy Moral Code
Behavioral economist explores hidden reasons behind cheating and stealing, revealing our predictably irrational nature and how we can be influenced in unexpected ways.
An Art Made of Trust, Vulnerability and Connection
Marina Abramović explores boundary-pushing art, emphasizing trust and vulnerability. She discusses her groundbreaking work "The Artist Is Present" and her vision for an innovative art institute focused on mindful experimentation.
The Chilling Aftershock of a Brush with Death
War correspondent Jean-Paul Mari explores post-traumatic stress disorder, sharing his personal encounter with death in Baghdad and examining the psychological impact of trauma on soldiers and journalists.
The Enchanting Music of Sign Language
Christine Sun Kim explores the visual language of sign, revealing its musical qualities and inviting us to experience sound beyond hearing, challenging perceptions of deafness and communication.
Religion, Evolution, and the Ecstasy of Self-Transcendence
Explore the evolutionary roots of self-transcendence and its connection to religion. Haidt presents a thought-provoking hypothesis on why humans seek experiences that go beyond the self.
The Quest to Understand Consciousness
Explore how our brains create our sense of self as neuroscientist Antonio Damasio delves into the fascinating question of what exactly we regain when we wake up and regain consciousness.
What We Learn Before We're Born
Explore fascinating research on prenatal learning, revealing how babies absorb language, flavors, and more while in the womb, shaping their future preferences and abilities.