TED Talks Dr. Seligman Dr. Seligman opens his TED Talk with a story about an interview he was asked to do with CNN. He had to prepare a sound bite that first was composed of just one word in regard to the state of psychology. He simply said "good." Then he was not to use two words and he said "not good." Finally he was asked to use three words and he

Amy Cuddy's "Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are" TED talk is fascinating because it is so simple. The speaker begins by showing how body language is widely recognized and proven as being important factors in social situations. We judge people, consciously or not, on their body language. What Cuddy wanted to know is whether our own body language affects the way we think and feel about ourselves, to the

Glenn Greenwald notes in his TED Talk on why privacy matters, the Internet is a great tool both for sharing and for spying and surveillance. Greenwald makes an important point about not viewing the world as made up of good people and bad people (as though only bad people have a reason to want privacy -- so that they can hide what they are doing from those who want

TED Talk: Buggy Moral Code "How much can I get away with without being hit by the consequences?" (Ariely, 2009) A deep discussion ensued when I broached this topic with my peers, as individuals justify cheating depending on the context. If our type of person does a particular thing, we would also tend to engage in it. Here's where the concept of morality becomes effective. Ariely associates this with cheating on God's

The TED Talk I watched was “Do schools kill creativity?” by Sir Ken Robinson. Robinson is a creativity expert challenging how schools educate children. He is a champion of radical rethinking of school systems and aims to cultivate creativity through acknowledgement of multiple kinds of intelligence. The TED talk was filmed in February 2006 and the link to watch is: https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity. The reason why I chose this TED talk in

As David Logan mentions in the 2009 TED talk called “Tribal Leadership,” most people are in what he called Level Three Tribes: functioning at a high level of personal and professional performance but lacking the broader visions that can unite people and change the world. Reflecting on Logan’s message, I have become more aware of the ways I remain stuck at either Level Two or Level Three throughout my life