Frans de Waal. What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally? Fairness, reciprocity, empathy, cooperation -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait.
But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.
Kelly McGonigal. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he? Why it's ralph-worthy: Spoiler alert: this is a joke where he pretends his video presentation won't load on the screen, then a bunch of dancers in rainbow unitards come out and dance poorly to bad music.
This "joke" is about as funny as a wet fart. Even the only possible group of people on earth who might find this funny -- a TED talk audience -- appear unamused. Description: Mathematician and magician Arthur Benjamin combines his two passions in "Mathemagics," a mind-boggling presentation of lightning calculations and other feats of mathematical agility. Description: Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life.
But there's a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives. Why it sucks: Honestly, I was so distracted by the way the vest he's wearing over his t-shirt was dangling precariously off his shoulder I couldn't concentrate. Also, he took forever to get to his point, sheesh! Description: How do you stage an international art show with work from different artists?
If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself -- from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Why it's all wrong: Hembrey describes his litmus test for selecting art works for his show: whether or not he can explain the art to his grandmother in 5 minutes.
Description: Musician and inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstrates "beatjazz" -- his music created with two handheld controllers, an iPhone and a mouthpiece, and played with the entire body. Why you'll die watching this: This is another stupid-human-trick musician, exploiting our love of seeing iPhones used in weird ways. A disappointment to the esteemed name Ashanti.
Description: You use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you're doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique. Pretty sure he wastes like 12 paper towels in this demonstration, too. Have you ever wondered: Am I a human being?
Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin …. 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. Al Gore How to make radical climate action the new normal Posted Nov Brian Christian How to get better at video games, according to babies Posted Nov Mona Chalabi What we miss when we focus on the average Posted Nov Julissa Prado 3 rules to help you build a successful business Posted Nov Countdown What is COP26?
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